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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avadhū (अवधू).—5 U.

1) To shake, move, wave, cause to tremble; रेणुः पवनावधूतः (reṇuḥ pavanāvadhūtaḥ) R.7.43; लीलावधूतैः चामरैः (līlāvadhūtaiḥ cāmaraiḥ) Me. 37; Rs.6.15; Kirātārjunīya 6.3; Śiśupālavadha 13.36.

2) To shake off or out, shake, toss (lit. and fig.), remove (fig. also); overcome, get the better of; राजसत्वमवधूय मातृकम् (rājasatvamavadhūya mātṛkam) R.11. 9; सुरवधूरवधूतभयाः शरैः (suravadhūravadhūtabhayāḥ śaraiḥ) 9.19 removing the fears of; अवधूय तद्वयथाम् (avadhūya tadvayathām) 3.61; व्रजन्ति शत्रूनवधूय निःस्पृहाः शमेन सिद्धिं मुनयो न भूभृतः (vrajanti śatrūnavadhūya niḥspṛhāḥ śamena siddhiṃ munayo na bhūbhṛtaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 1.42; रुषावधूय रक्षांसि (ruṣāvadhūya rakṣāṃsi) Rām.

3) To discard, spurn, reject or treat with contempt, disregard; चण्डी मामवधूय पादपतितम् (caṇḍī māmavadhūya pādapatitam) V.4.67; Kumārasambhava 3.8; अवधूत- प्रणिपाताः (avadhūta- praṇipātāḥ) V.3.5; अवधूतदुहितृप्रार्थनस्य (avadhūtaduhitṛprārthanasya) Daśakumāracarita 13. -Caus. (-dhūnayati) To shake.

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

Avadhū (अवधू).—shake or throw down, shake off from ([ablative]) upon ([locative]), reject; move to and fro, toss.

Avadhū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and dhū (धू).

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

Avadhū (अवधू):—[=ava-√dhū] [Vedic or Veda] [Parasmaipada] (Imper. 2. sg. -dhūnuhi, 2. [plural] -dhūnutā) to shake off or out or down, [Ṛg-veda x, 66, 14 & 134, 3; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.: [Ātmanepada] (2. sg. -dhūnuṣe; [imperfect tense] 2. sg. -dhūnuthās; [Aorist] -adhūṣata; perf. [Potential] -dudhuvīta; p. -dhūnvāna)

—to shake off (as enemies or evil spirits or anything disagreeable), frighten away, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :

—[Causal] ([Potential] -dhūnayet) to shake, [Manu-smṛti iii, 229.]

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

Avadhū (अवधू) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avadhuṇa, Avadhūṇa.

context information

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.

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Partial matches: Dhu, Ava.

Starts with (+16): Avadhuka, Avadhulana, Avadhulita, Avadhuna, Avadhunakam, Avadhunana, Avadhunay, Avadhupay, Avadhupita, Avadhusarita, Avadhut, Avadhuta, Avadhutadevadatta, Avadhutagita, Avadhutagrantha, Avadhutamarga, Avadhutanubhuti, Avadhutapada, Avadhutapranipata, Avadhutarama.

Ends with (+24): Amaravadhu, Amartyavadhu, Anyavadhu, Cavatu, Devavadhu, Gajavadhu, Gandhavadhu, Gopavadhu, Imdravadhu, Kalamagopavadhu, Katavatu, Khecaravaravadhu, Kulatavadhu, Kulavadhu, Kurangavadhu, Mrigavadhu, Mugdhavadhu, Munravatu, Mushakavadhu, Nagavadhu.

Full-text: Avadhunana, Odhunati, Avadhutapranipata, Avadhuna, Avadhuya, Vyavadhu, Avadhutavesha, Avadhuta.

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