Avado: 2 definitions

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Introduction:

Avado means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avado (अवदो).—4 P.

1) To cut off, divide.

2) (Ved.) To appease (anger); अव स्तोमेभी रुद्रं दिषीय (ava stomebhī rudraṃ diṣīya) Ṛgveda 2.33.5.

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

Avado (अवदो):—[=ava-√do] -dyati ([indeclinable participle] -dāya, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]) [Vedic or Veda] to cut off, divide (especially the sacrificial cake and other objects offered in a sacrifice), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.;

—to cut into pieces, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];—([Aorist] [Potential] [Ātmanepada] 1. sg. -diṣīya [derived [from] ava-√dā, ‘to present’, by, [Grassmann]]; perhaps [from] ava-√day above)

—to appease, satisfy with ([instrumental case]), [Ṛg-veda ii, 33, 5.]

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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.

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Rig Veda 3.30.5 < [Sukta 30]

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Kanda I, adhyaya 8, brahmana 1 < [First Kanda]