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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avalagna (अवलग्न).—a.

1) Clinging or adhering to, touching, in contact with; विपुलतरनिरन्तरावलग्न (vipulataranirantarāvalagna) Śiśupālavadha 7.71.

2) Hanging down.

3) Placed contiguously, impressed.

-gnaḥ The waist.

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

Avalagna (अवलग्न).—mn.

(-gnaḥ-gnaṃ) The waist. mfn.

(-gnaḥ-gnā-gnaṃ) Placed contiguously, impressed, attached, &c. E. ava, and lagna part. past of laga to be near or with.

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

Avalagna (अवलग्न).—[adjective] hanging down, hanging on (—°).

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

1) Avalagna (अवलग्न):—[=ava-lagna] [from ava-lag] mfn. hanging down from (in [compound]), [Raghuvaṃśa xvi, 68, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] mn. the waist, [Śiśupāla-vadha ix, 49, etc.]

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

Avalagna (अवलग्न):—[ava-lagna] (gnaḥ-gnaṃ) 1. m. n. The waist. a. Placed near, attached.

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

Avalagna (अवलग्न) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avalagga, Olagga, Olaggia.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avalagna (ಅವಲಗ್ನ):—[adjective] fastened with or on; tied together; bound with; fused with.

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Avalagna (ಅವಲಗ್ನ):—

1) [noun] the part of the body between the ribs and the hips; the waist.

2) [noun] an inauspicious moment.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Lagna, Ava.

Full-text: Olagga, Valagna, Olaggia, Avalagga, Vilag, Lag.

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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

Text 10.36 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]

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