Avamurdhanashaya, Avamūrdhanaśaya, Avamurdhana-shaya: 1 definition
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Avamurdhanashaya 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.
The Sanskrit term Avamūrdhanaśaya can be transliterated into English as Avamurdhanasaya or Avamurdhanashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvamūrdhanaśaya (अवमूर्धनशय).—a. [avamūrddhā san śete; śī ac] lying with the head hanging down.
-yaḥ one who sleeps with his head hanging down, such as man (opp. deva); उत्तानशया देवा अवमूर्धशया मनुष्याः (uttānaśayā devā avamūrdhaśayā manuṣyāḥ).
Avamūrdhanaśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms avamūrdhana and śaya (शय).
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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Partial matches: Saya, Avamurdhana.
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