Avaskara, Avaskāra: 9 definitions
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Avaskara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryAvaṣkara.—sweepings, a mound; cf. s-oṣara-avaṣkara-sthāha- nivīta-lavaṇākara (EI 22); also sa-garta-avaṣkara (Ep. Ind., Vol. XXXV, p. 135, text line 21). See avakara. Note: avaṣkara is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvaskara (अवस्कर).—[avakīryate ityavaskaraḥ, kṝ-ap suṭ vacaske'vaskaraḥ P.VI.1.148]
1) Ordure, excrement.
2) The privities (guhyadeśa).
3) Dirt, sweepings (in general); गृहद्वाराशुचि- स्थानरथ्यावस्करशोधनम् (gṛhadvārāśuci- sthānarathyāvaskaraśodhanam) Nārada. तद्वितीर्य स्वसर्वस्वमात्मानमन- वस्करम् । चिकीर्षामि महाबाहो (tadvitīrya svasarvasvamātmānamana- vaskaram | cikīrṣāmi mahābāho)... ()|| Śiva. B.29.36.
4) A place for faeces, dung-hill.
Derivable forms: avaskaraḥ (अवस्करः).
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Avaskāra (अवस्कार).—A part of the elephant's face, apparently the protuberance in the middle of the face just between the eyes; Mātaṅga L.5.8,12.
Derivable forms: avaskāraḥ (अवस्कारः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvaskara (अवस्कर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. A privity, a part to be concealed. 2. Ordure, fæces. 3. Dirt. 4. Sweepings. E. ava down, away, &c. ka to throw, ap affix, sa prefixed to ka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvaskara (अवस्कर).—i. e. ava-kṛ + a, m. 1. Ordure, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 406. 2. The privy, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 412.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvaskara (अवस्कर):—[ava-skara] (raḥ) 1. m. A privity; ordure.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Avaskara (अवस्कर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avakkhara.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAvaskara (ಅವಸ್ಕರ):—
1) [noun] any unclean or soiling matter, as mud, dust, dung, trash, etc.; dirt; garbage.
2) [noun] waste matter expelled from the bowels; excrement; faeces.
3) [noun] the external human sex organs and the anus.
4) [noun] a place, pit, etc. where garbage, dust, dung, etc. are dumped; a garbage-pit.
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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Partial matches: Ava.
Starts with: Avaskaraka, Avaskaramandira.
Ends with: Anavaskara, Sa-garta-avaskara, Sutavaskara.
Full-text: Anavaskara, Niravaskrita, Avaskaraka, Avaskaramandira, Avakara, Avakkhara, Sa-garta-avaskara, S-oshara-avaskara-sthana-nivata-lavana-akara, Nivita, Avakkara, Apaskara, Marga, Chaddeti, Mandira.
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