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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avadhīraṇa (अवधीरण).—Treating with disrespect.

Derivable forms: avadhīraṇam (अवधीरणम्).

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Avadhīraṇā (अवधीरणा).—Disrespect, despising; repulse; कृतवत्यसि नावधीरणामपराद्धेऽपि यदा चिरं मयि (kṛtavatyasi nāvadhīraṇāmaparāddhe'pi yadā ciraṃ mayi) R.8.48; M.3.2; अयं स ते तिष्ठति संगमोत्सुको विशङ्कसे भीरु यतोऽवधीरणाम् (ayaṃ sa te tiṣṭhati saṃgamotsuko viśaṅkase bhīru yato'vadhīraṇām) Ś.3.13.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avadhīraṇa (अवधीरण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Treating with disrespect. E. avadhīra and lyuṭ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avadhīraṇa (अवधीरण).—i. e. avadhīr + ana, n. and f. ṇā. Refusal, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 8, 47.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avadhīraṇa (अवधीरण).—[neuter] ṇā [feminine] disregard, contempt.

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

1) Avadhīraṇa (अवधीरण):—[=ava-dhīraṇa] [from ava-dhīr] n. treating with disrespect, repudiating, [Śakuntalā; Raghuvaṃśa viii, 47.]

2) Avadhīraṇā (अवधीरणा):—[=ava-dhīraṇā] [from ava-dhīr] f. treating with disrespect, repudiating, [Śakuntalā; Raghuvaṃśa viii, 47.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avadhīraṇa (अवधीरण):—[ava-dhīraṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Disrespecting.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Avadhīraṇa (अवधीरण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avahīraṇa, Avahīraṇā.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avadhīraṇa (ಅವಧೀರಣ):—[noun] the act, fact or tendency of looking another down or treating with disrespect; an instance of this.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Dhirana, Ava.

Full-text: Avahirana.

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