Avaseka: 10 definitions

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Avaseka 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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avaseka (अवसेक).—

1) Sprinkling, bedweing; देशः को नु जलावसेकशिथिलः (deśaḥ ko nu jalāvasekaśithilaḥ) Mṛcchakaṭika 3.12.

2) A disease of the eye.

Derivable forms: avasekaḥ (अवसेकः).

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

Avaseka (अवसेक).—m.

(-kaḥ) Sprinkling. E. ava, vica to sprinkle, ghañ aff.

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

Avaseka (अवसेक).—i. e. ava-sieh + a, m. Sprinkling, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 47, 1.

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

Avaseka (अवसेक).—[masculine] sprinkling, bleeding.

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

1) Avaseka (अवसेक):—[=ava-seka] [from ava-sic] m. sprinkling, irrigating (as the ground), [Mṛcchakaṭikā]

2) [v.s. ...] syringing, administering a clyster, [Suśruta], bleeding (with leeches), [Suśruta]

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

Avaseka (अवसेक):—[ava-seka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Sprinkling.

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

Avaseka (अवसेक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avasea.

[Sanskrit to German]

Avaseka in German

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

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avasēka (ಅವಸೇಕ):—[noun] the act or process of making wet; a bathing with a liquid; sprinkling of water or any other liquid.

context information

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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