Avaciraviciraka, Avacīravicīraka, Avacira-viciraka: 2 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Avaciraviciraka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Avacīravicīraka (अवचीरविचीरक).—adj., in Divyāvadāna 83.21 epithet of a (dilapidated) house, according to Index, tumbledown; perhaps compare Pali ocīraka, said of tree, stripped of its bark, to be read with [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] for odīraka in SN iv. 193.30; same passage Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.82.11 cīra-cīra-cīvaraka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avacīravicīraka (अवचीरविचीरक):—[=ava-cīra-vicīraka] mfn. dilapidation, ibidem

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