Avaluncana, Avaluñcana: 7 definitions

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Avaluncana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Avalunchana.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avaluñcana (अवलुञ्चन).—

1) Cutting off, tearing or pulling out; केश° (keśa°).

2) Uprooting.

3) Not tying up, allowing to hang down.

4) Taking away, pulling out.

Derivable forms: avaluñcanam (अवलुञ्चनम्).

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

Avaluñcana (अवलुञ्चन).—n.

(-naṃ) Tearing, tearing or cutting off. E. ava, luca to separate, affix lyuṭ.

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

Avaluñcana (अवलुञ्चन).—[ava-luñc + ana], n. Pulling out, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 98, 25.

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

Avaluñcana (अवलुञ्चन):—[=ava-luñcana] [from ava-luñc] n. tearing out (of hairs), [, Rāmāyaṇa vi, 98, 25, ]opening or unstitching (of a seam), [Suśruta]

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

Avaluñcana (अवलुञ्चन):—[ava-luñcana] (naṃ) 1. n. Tearing off.

[Sanskrit to German]

Avaluncana in German

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