Avantaravakya, Avāntaravākya, Avantara-vakya, Avamtaravakya: 2 definitions

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Avantaravakya 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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Avantaravakya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avāntaravākya (अवान्तरवाक्य).—(a) A sentence formed by dropping some word or words in the whole sentence; न च महावाक्ये सति अवान्तरवाक्यं प्रमाणं भवति (na ca mahāvākye sati avāntaravākyaṃ pramāṇaṃ bhavati) ŚB. on MS.6.4.25. (b) A group of words which appear to form a complete sentence, but form only a part of a complete sentence (i. e. a mahāvākya).

Derivable forms: avāntaravākyam (अवान्तरवाक्यम्).

Avāntaravākya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms avāntara and vākya (वाक्य).

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Avantaravakya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avāṃtaravākya (ಅವಾಂತರವಾಕ್ಯ):—[noun] a sentence expressed or speech made incidentally or concomitantly.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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