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

Āvarjayati (आवर्जयति).—(Sanskrit, sich Jmd geneigt machen, für sich gewinnen, [Boehtlingk and Roth]), in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] specifically converts; compare prec. two (Pali āvajjeti not recognized in this sense; but according to [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] often rendered in comms. by pariṇāmeti, which could surely mean brings to religious maturity): Mahāvastu i.34.9 (bhagavān…nirvāṇe pratiṣṭhāpayanto) āvarjayitvā aṅ- [Page107-b+ 71] gamagadhāṃ etc. (long list of peoples), having converted…; closely similar is ii.419.8; Divyāvadāna 355.14 Vāsavadattā saṃ- sārād udvignā buddhaguṇānusmaraṇāc cāvarjitahṛdayo- vāca,…her heart converted, turned (to religion); Bodhisattvabhūmi 180.7 nāvarjayati, does not convert (people); often this is done by miracles, Avadāna-śataka i.3.4 yan nv ahaṃ Pūrṇa-brāhmaṇam ṛddhiprātihāryeṇāvarjayeyam; Divyāvadāna 365.19 prātihāryair āvarjitāḥ; Bodhisattvabhūmi 82.10 (prātihāryeṇ-)āvarjitamānasā(ḥ); Mahāvyutpatti 2429 āvarjitamānasaḥ; see under āvarjana.

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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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Full-text: Samavrij, Avajjati, Avarjana.

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