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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avarārdhya (अवरार्ध्य).—a. [avarārdhe bhavaḥ yat]

1) being or on the lower or near side.

2) belonging to the last half.

3) beginning from below.

4) defective (nyūna).

-rdhyam the least or smallest part.

Avarārdhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms avara and ardhya (अर्ध्य).

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

1) Avarārdhya (अवरार्ध्य):—[from avara] mfn. being on the lower or nearer side, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] beginning from below, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] n. ifc. (f(ā). ) the least part, the minimum, [???; Lāṭyāyana]

4) [v.s. ...] mfn. being the minimum, [Lāṭyāyana] (cf. an-avarārdhya.)

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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.

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Partial matches: Ardhya, Avara.

Ends with: Anavarardhya, Caturavarardhya, Grasavarardhya, Paravarardhya, Tulavarardhya.

Full-text: Anavarardhya, Tryavarardhyam, Caturavarardhya, Ardhya.

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