Avamata, Ava-mana-ta, Avamanita, Avamānita: 17 definitions
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryavamata : (pp. of avamāneti) despised; disrespected.
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryavamānita : (pp. of avamāneti) despised; disrespected.
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) avamata (အဝမတ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ava+mana+ta]
[အဝ+မန+တ]
2) avamānita (အဝမာနိတ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ava+mana+ta]
[အဝ+မန+တ]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)avamata—
(Burmese text): အယုတ်စား,အညံ့စား အနေအားဖြင့်-အောက်တန်းချ၍-နှိမ့်ချ၍-အသိအမှတ်ပြုအပ်သော၊ အထင်အမြင်သေးအပ်သော၊ မထေမဲ့မြင်အောက်မေ့အပ်သော။ အနဝမတ-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Disgraceful and contemptible in nature-degraded, oppressed, acknowledged as such, perceived with disdain, and not to be underestimated. It is also to be observed in humility.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryavamata (अवमत).—p S avamānita p S Disregarded, despised, slighted.
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 dictionaryAvamata (अवमत).—p. p. Despised, contemned &c. भिन्दन्त्यवमता मन्त्रम् (bhindantyavamatā mantram) Manusmṛti 7.15.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvamata (अवमत).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Despised, disregarded, contemned. E. ava implying contempt, and mata known, minded.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvamānita (अवमानित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Disrespected, despised. E. ava before the part. past of mana to respect.
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Avamānitā (अवमानिता).—f.
(-tā) Disrespectfulness. E. tal added to avamānin; also with tva, avamānitvaṃ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvamata (अवमत):—[=ava-mata] [from ava-man] mfn. despised, disregarded, contemned, [Manu-smṛti vii, 150, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Avamānita (अवमानित):—[=ava-mānita] [from ava-man] mfn. disrespected, despised, [Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] neglected, not taken notice of [Suśruta]
3) Avamānitā (अवमानिता):—[=avamāni-tā] [from ava-mānin > ava-man] f. disrespectfulness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvamata (अवमत):—[ava-mata] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Despised.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvamānita (अवमानित):—[ava-mānita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Disrespected, despised.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Avamata (अवमत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avamanniya, Avamaya.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Avamānita (अवमानित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avamāṇiya.
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 corpusAvamata (ಅವಮತ):—
1) [adjective] treated with disrespect; looked down.
2) [adjective] neglected; not given due attention.
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAvamānita (ಅವಮಾನಿತ):—[adjective] treated with contempt; insulted.
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Avamānita (ಅವಮಾನಿತ):—[noun] a man who is insulted or contemptuously treated.
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: Avamani, Ava, Mada, Mana, Dhavala.
Starts with: Avamatankusha.
Full-text: Avamatankusha, Anavamata, Avamanya, Avamaneti, Avamanniya, Avamaya, Gabbita, Avamaniya, Avamannati, Avamana, Avaman, Sairibha, Apamanita, Man.
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