Alternative spellings of this word include Avanch.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avāñc (अवाञ्च्).—a. [avāñcati ava-añc-kvip]

1) Turned downwards, bent down, stooping; कुर्वन्तमित्यतिभरेण नगानवाचः (kurvantamityatibhareṇa nagānavācaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 6.79; वनान्यवाञ्चीव चकार संहतिः (vanānyavāñcīva cakāra saṃhatiḥ) Kirātārjunīya 14.34.

2) Being or situated below, lower than (with abl.) यदवाक् पृथिव्याः (yadavāk pṛthivyāḥ) Bṛ. Up.3.8.3.

3) Headlong, looking downwards.

4) South. m., n. Brahman.

-cī 1 The south.

2) The lower region.

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

Avāñc (अवाञ्च्).—i. e. ava-añc, adj., f. vācī, Downward, headlong, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 249; acc. ntr. avāk, adv. Downwards, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 207, 10; headlong, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 75.

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

Avāñc (अवाञ्च्).—[feminine] avācī directed downwards, lower. [neuter] avāk downwards, headlong.

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Āvañc (आवञ्च्).—[Passive] roll or spring forth.

Āvañc is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and vañc (वञ्च्).

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

1) Avāñc (अवाञ्च्):—mfn. āṅ, ācī, āk ([from] 2. añc), turned downwards, being or situated below, lower than ([ablative]), [Ṛg-veda iv, 25, 6; Atharva-veda x, 2, 11; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv]

2) (more correctly avāñc, also) southern, [Daśakumāra-carita]

3) Āvañc (आवञ्च्):—[=ā-√vañc] [Passive voice] ([imperative] 2. sg. ā-vacyasva) to gush or flow towards or near, [Ṛg-veda ix, 2, 2, etc.]

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Avanc in German

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Partial matches: Vanc, A.

Starts with: Avamcia, Avamcia, Avanam, Avancaka, Avancakapana, Avancam, Avancana, Avancanadharma, Avancanata, Avanch, Avancha, Avanchaniya, Avanchaniyata, Avanchhaniy, Avanchhit, Avanchita, Avanci, Avancita, Avanmukha, Avanphana.

Ends with: Acchavanc, Anavanc, Ekavanc, Gavanc, Pravanc, Savanc, Upavanc.

Full-text (+22): Avak, Avanmukha, Avaksrotas, Avagbhaga, Avagvadana, Anavanc, Avanniraya, Avaggati, Avakshakha, Avakshringa, Avakpushpi, Anc, Avakka, Avacina, Avag, Avakshruti, Avanagra, Avakshiram, Avacinagra, Avakphala.

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