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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avaman (अवमन्).—4 A. (or Poet. P.)

1) To despise, contemn, disregard, disrespect; चतुर्दिगीशानवमत्य मानिनी (caturdigīśānavamatya māninī) Kumārasambhava 5.53; Manusmṛti 2.11,4.135, प्रभावविदितानुरागमवमन्यते वापि माम् (prabhāvaviditānurāgamavamanyate vāpi mām) V.2. 11.

2) To undervalue, depreciate, slight, make light of; तदीशितारं चेदीनां भवांस्तमवमंस्त मा (tadīśitāraṃ cedīnāṃ bhavāṃstamavamaṃsta mā) Śiśupālavadha 2.95; जगन्मङ्गल- मात्मानं कथं त्वमवमन्यसे (jaganmaṅgala- mātmānaṃ kathaṃ tvamavamanyase) Uttararāmacarita 7.8; Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.81; 12.25;15.14, 66. -Caus. To despise &c.; या चैनं नावमानयेत् (yā cainaṃ nāvamānayet) Manusmṛti 2.5, 4.136.

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

Avaman (अवमन्).—disregard, despise.

Avaman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and man (मन्).

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

Avaman (अवमन्):—[=ava-√man] [Ātmanepada] ([Potential] -manyeta [Aorist] [subjunctive] 2. sg. maṃsthāḥ, 2.pl. -madhvam, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]; [Epic] also [Parasmaipada] -manyati [future] -maṃsyati, [Mahābhārata iv, 444])

—to despise, treat contemptuously, [Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to repudiate refuse, [ib.] :

—[Passive voice] -manyate to be treated contemptuously:

—[Causal] ([Potential] -mānayet) to despise, treat contemptuously, [Manu-smṛti ii, 50.]

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

Avaman (अवमन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avamaṇṇa, Avamanna.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Avaman in Hindi refers in English to:—[[~na]] (nm), ~ana (nf) humiliation; disrespect; indignity; contempt; hence [avamanita] (a)..—avaman (अवमान) is alternatively transliterated as Avamāna.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Avamaan is another spelling for अवमान [avamāna].—n. disrespect; contempt; humiliation;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Maan, Man, Ava.

Starts with (+19): Avamana, Avamanalabdheshu, Avamanam, Avamanamadu, Avamanana, Avamananem, Avamananiya, Avamanapadisu, Avamanata, Avamanesi, Avamaneti, Avamangala, Avamangalla, Avamani, Avamanin, Avamanisu, Avamanita, Avamanite, Avamanitva, Avamaniya.

Ends with: Abhyavaman, Pavaman.

Full-text: Avamana, Avamanna, Avamantri, Avamanin, Abhyavaman, Avamanita, Avamanya, Avamanitva, Avamanata, Avamatya, Avamata, Avamanyaka, Avamananiya, Avamanana, Avamantavya, Avamatankusha, Avamati, Ava.

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