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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avanāha (अवनाह).—

1) Binding, girding, putting on.

2) Binding rope; यूपं कृत्वा तु मलयमवनाहं च तक्षकम् (yūpaṃ kṛtvā tu malayamavanāhaṃ ca takṣakam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.22.73.

Derivable forms: avanāhaḥ (अवनाहः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Avanāha (अवनाह).—m. (Pali onāha; compare Pali Vin. iv. 169.28 pīṭhaṃ vā tūlonaddhaṃ kārāpeyya), covering, upholstering (of a seat; a sin for a monk): Mahāvyutpatti 8513.

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

Avanāha (अवनाह).—m.

(-haḥ) Binding, grinding, putting on. E. ava before naha to bind, ghañ aff.

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

Avanāha (अवनाह):—[=ava-nāha] [from ava-nah] m. binding or putting on [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Avanāha (अवनाह):—[ava-nāha] (haḥ) 1. m. Binding on.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Naha, Ava.

Ends with: Paryavanaha, Savanaha.

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