Avahanana: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avahanana (अवहनन).—

1) Threshing, beating off rice; अवहननायोलूखलम् (avahananāyolūkhalam) Mahābhārata

2) The lungs; वपा वसावहननम् (vapā vasāvahananam) Y.3.94 (avahananam = phupphusaḥ Mit.).

Derivable forms: avahananam (अवहननम्).

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

Avahanana (अवहनन).—[neuter] trashing, husking.

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

1) Avahanana (अवहनन):—[=ava-hanana] [from ava-han] n. threshing, winnowing, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] (cf. adhy-avah)

2) [v.s. ...] the left lung, [Yājñavalkya iii, 94] [commentator or commentary] on [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra]

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