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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avasakta (अवसक्त).—p. p.

1) Suspended from, placed; कर्णावसक्तामलदन्तपत्रम् (karṇāvasaktāmaladantapatram) Kumārasambhava 7.23, K.26; Kirātārjunīya 7.4; Śiśupālavadha 5.16,18, 9.7, Ch. P.4.

2) In contact with, bound round, touching; अविज्ञातावसक्तेन दूषिता मम वाससा (avijñātāvasaktena dūṣitā mama vāsasā) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.54.

3) Engaged in, intent on, eager.

-ktam Contact.

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

Avasakta (अवसक्त).—mfn.

(-ktaḥ-ktā-ktaṃ) 1. Attached to or by, in contact with. 2. Engaged or eager. 3. Ound round, begirt. 4. Placed or thrown upon. E. ava, and sakta joined.

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

1) Avasakta (अवसक्त):—[=ava-sakta] [from ava-sañj] mfn. suspended from, attached to (as to the shoulder or to the branch of a tree etc.), bound round, [Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] being in contact with, [Pañcatantra]

3) [v.s. ...] belonging to, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] (in [Passive voice] sense) hung with (as with wreaths), [Harivaṃśa 10049], charged with (a business), [Rāmāyaṇa iv, 42, 8.]

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

Avasakta (अवसक्त):—[ava-sakta] (ktaḥ-ktā-ktaṃ) p. Attached to.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Avasakta (अवसक्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Osatta.

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avasakta (ಅವಸಕ್ತ):—

1) [adjective] greatly interested; wholly occupied; absorbed.

2) [adjective] associated with; joined with or to.

context information

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ava, Shakta.

Ends with: Asavasakta, Kanthavasakta.

Full-text: Kanthavasakta, Osatta, Tala, Sanj.

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