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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Avalipta (अवलिप्त) refers to “haughty men”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets—graha-bhaktiyoga”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] Mars presides over citizens, farmers, chemists, firemen, soldiers, forest-men, citadels, chief towns, butchers, sinners, haughty men (avalipta), kings, children, elephants, fops, infanticides, shepherds, red fruits, red flowers, corals, commanders of armies, jaggery, wine, cruel men, storehouses, Agnihotrins, metal mines, the Śākyas in red robes, the Buddhists, thieves, rogues, vindictive and gluttonous persons. [...]”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

avalipta (अवलिप्त).—p (S Smeared, anointed.) Impurely implicated or accessary; partaking of an evil deed.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

avalipta (अवलिप्त).—p Impurely implicated, acces- sory to or partaking of an evil deed.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avalipta (अवलिप्त).—p. p. [lip-kta]

1) Proud, arrogant, haughty, न मूर्खैर्नावलिप्तैश्च (na mūrkhairnāvaliptaiśca) (saṃvaset) Manusmṛti 4.79.

2) Anointed, plastered, smeared

3) Killed; केनान्येनावलिप्ताः (kenānyenāvaliptāḥ) Mu.3.27.

4) Disgraced, defamed; अहंकृतावलिप्तैश्च (ahaṃkṛtāvaliptaiśca) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.158.11. °ता, °त्वम् (tā, °tvam) unction; pride, arrogance, vanity.

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

Avalipta (अवलिप्त).—mfn.

(-ptaḥ-ptā-ptaṃ) 1. Anointed, plastered, smeared. 2. Proud, arrogant. E. ava before lipta smeared.

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

Avalipta (अवलिप्त).—[adjective] haughty; [abstract] tā [feminine], tva [neuter]

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

1) Avalipta (अवलिप्त):—[=ava-lipta] [from ava-lip] mfn. smeared, [Mahābhārata i, 6391; viii, 2059; Suśruta; Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā]

2) [v.s. ...] furred (as the tongue), [Suśruta]

3) [v.s. ...] (= api-ripta q.v.) blind (?), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xxiv, 3; Kauśika-sūtra]

4) [v.s. ...] proud, arrogant, [Manu-smṛti iv, 79; Mahābhārata etc.]

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

Avalipta (अवलिप्त):—[ava-lipta] (ptaḥ-ptā-ptaṃ) a. Anointed plastered, smeared; proud.

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

Avalipta (अवलिप्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avalitta, Olitta.

[Sanskrit to German]

Avalipta 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avalipta (ಅವಲಿಪ್ತ):—[adjective] smeared or anointed with.

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Avalipta (ಅವಲಿಪ್ತ):—[noun] an insolent, assuming, overbearing, haughty man; a man claiming or assuming too much.

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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: Lipta, Ava.

Starts with: Avaliptata, Avaliptatva, Avalipte.

Full-text: Avalitta, Avaliptata, Avaliptatva, Lip, Olitta.

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