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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avagāh (अवगाह्).—1. A.

1) (a) To bathe oneself in, plunge into, dive into; with acc. or loc.; तमोऽपहन्त्रीं तमसां वगाह्य (tamo'pahantrīṃ tamasāṃ vagāhya) R.14.76; अन्यमवकाशमवगाहिष्ये (anyamavakāśamavagāhiṣye) V.4; स्वप्नेऽवगाहतेत्यर्थं जलम् (svapne'vagāhatetyarthaṃ jalam) Y.1.272; Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.29,16.38. (b) To go deep into, be absorbed into (fig.); अमात्यराक्षसेनाप्यनवगाहितमार्यचाणक्यस्य चरितमवगाहितुमिच्छसि (amātyarākṣasenāpyanavagāhitamāryacāṇakyasya caritamavagāhitumicchasi) Mu.6.

2) To enter, penetrate, fully pervade; विमानशृङ्गाण्यवगाहमानः (vimānaśṛṅgāṇyavagāhamānaḥ) (ghoṣaḥ) Kumārasambhava 7.4; पूर्वापरौ तोयनिधी वगाह्य (pūrvāparau toyanidhī vagāhya) Kumārasambhava 1.1; पूर्वापरसमुद्रावगाढः (pūrvāparasamudrāvagāḍhaḥ) Ś.7; Mṛcchakaṭika 2; see अवगाढ (avagāḍha) also.

3) To determine. विषयमवगाहते यस्मात् (viṣayamavagāhate yasmāt) Śāṅ. K.35. -Caus. To bathe, cause to bathe.

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

Avagāh (अवगाह्).—or va plunge or enter into, be absorbed in ([locative] or [accusative]).

Avagāh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and gāh (गाह्).

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

Avagāh (अवगाह्):—[=ava-√gāh] -gāhate ([indeclinable participle] -gāhya, [Kumāra-sambhava i, 1, etc.]; pr.p. [Parasmaipada] -gāhat, R.; [Vedic or Veda] [Infinitive mood] -gāhe, [Pāṇini 3-4, 14; Kāśikā-vṛtti])

—to plunge into, bathe in ([locative case]);

—to go deep into, be absorbed in ([locative case] or [accusative])

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

Avagāh (अवगाह्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avagāha, Avavāha, Āgāha, Uggāha, Ogāha, Ovāha.

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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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Partial matches: Gah, Ava.

Starts with (+7): Avagaha, Avagahamgey, Avagahamgeysu, Avagahamir, Avagahan, Avagahana, Avagahanamgey, Avagahanamir, Avagahanammadu, Avagahanasnana, Avagahanatva, Avagahane, Avagahaprada, Avagahati, Avagahavir, Avagahe, Avagahi, Avagahima, Avagahin, Avagahisu.

Ends with: Abhyavagah, Vyavagah.

Full-text: Avagaha, Ogaha, Avagahana, Avavaha, Ajjhogahati, Uggaha, Ogahati, Anavagahin, Avagadhavat, Avagahe, Avagahita, Vyavagah, Abhyavagah, Abhyavagahya, Agaha, Ovaha, Ograhaka, Avagadha, Ogadha, Ava.

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