The Sanskrit term Avakeśin can be transliterated into English as Avakesin or Avakeshin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Avakeśin (अवकेशिन्) refers to “fruitless” and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 17.142 and 9.131. In the sense of “barren” (as a tree) it is mentioned in verse 2.45.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avakeśin (अवकेशिन्).—a.

1) Unfruitful, barren (as a tree).

2) [avasannāḥ keśā vidyante asya ini] Having small or very few hair. m. A fruitless tree. अपकारपरस्यापि प्रयास्यत्य- वकेशिताम् (apakāraparasyāpi prayāsyatya- vakeśitām) Śiva. B.15.21. द्वितीयो ह्यवकेशी स्यात् प्रथमस्तु फलेग्रहिः (dvitīyo hyavakeśī syāt prathamastu phalegrahiḥ) ibid. 16.27.

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

Avakeśin (अवकेशिन्).—mfn. (-śī-śinī-śi) Barren. E. ava privative, keśa properly hair, in this instance fruit, and ini aff.

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

1) Avakeśin (अवकेशिन्):—[=ava-keśin] [from ava-keśa] mfn. ‘having its filaments (keśa = kesara q.v.) turned downwards (so that they remain uncopulated)’, unfruitful, barren (as a plant), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a barren tree, [Naiṣadha-carita]

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

Avakeśin (अवकेशिन्):—[ava-keśin] (śī-śinī-śi) a. Barren.

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

Avakeśin (अवकेशिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avakesi.

[Sanskrit to German]

Avakeshin in German

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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: Keshin, Ava.

Full-text: Avakeshi.

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