Avamurdha, Avamūrdha: 1 definition
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Avamurdha 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAvamūrdha (अवमूर्ध).—m. (adj., with head downward, upside down; compare next, and Sanskrit Gr. avamūrdhaśaya), name of a lokadhātu, associated with Vyatyasta (lokadhātu), q.v.: °dhaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 3068 (followed by Vyatyastaḥ); Gaṇḍavyūha 126.2 (after Vyatyasta-lokadhātu-mukham) Avamūrdha-hāra- mukham (hāra seems to be corrupt; should we read lokadhātu for it?); Daśabhūmikasūtra 15.14 -vyatyastāvamūrdha- (in long [compound], beginning niravaśeṣasarvalokadhātu-); Ava- mūrdha-lipi, a kind of script, the script of the Avamūrdha lokadhātu, Lalitavistara 125.22 (compare Vyatyasta-lipī Mahāvastu i.135.6).
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.
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