Avasanj, Avasañj: 3 definitions
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Avasanj 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvasañj (अवसञ्ज्).—1 P.
1) To suspend, attach, cling to, throw, place; अशिथिलमपरावसज्य कण्ठे (aśithilamaparāvasajya kaṇṭhe) Śiśupālavadha 7.16; so स्कन्धे पाणिम्, शरीरे भूषणानि (skandhe pāṇim, śarīre bhūṣaṇāni) &c.
2) To entrust to, throw on.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvasañj (अवसञ्ज्).—A. hang or fasten upon, commit or transfer to ([locative]). [Passive] avasajyate be hung or fastened; avasajjate cling or attach one’s self to.
Avasañj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and sañj (सञ्ज्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvasañj (अवसञ्ज्):—[=ava-√sañj] ([indeclinable participle] -sajya, Imper. 3. [plural] [Passive voice] -sajyantām) to suspend, attach to, append, [Mahābhārata xv, 436; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa], (cf. ava-√sṛj at end);
—to charge with (a business; [accusative]), [Rāmāyaṇa iv, 42, 7] :
—[Ātmanepada] -sajjate, to adhere or cleave to, not leave undisturbed, [Mahābhārata xiii, 2198.]
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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