Avaskara, Avaskāra: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Avaskāra (अवस्कार) refers to the “part situated above the trunk” (of an elephant), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 6, “on determination of measurements”]: “10. The lobe of the ear is the picchūṣā. The part between the shoulders is called the proha. But above the trunk is the avaskāra; above that is what is called the pali. 11. But the middle of the body is the nigala (‘chain’) -place. Above that is the cikkā. The saṃdāna is above the haunch and below this the kalā-part”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
India history and geography
Avaṣkara.—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.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Avaskara (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).
Avaskara (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.
Avaskara (अवस्कर).—i. e. ava-kṛ + a, m. 1. Ordure, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 406. 2. The privy, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 412.
Avaskara (अवस्कर):—[ava-skara] (raḥ) 1. m. A privity; ordure.
Avaskara (अवस्कर):—(von kar mit 2. avas) was zu verdecken ist:
1) die Excremente [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 148.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 18.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 634.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 234.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 245.] —
2) die Schamtheile (guhya) [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 169.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
3) Ort, wohin die Unreinigkeiten des Hauses getragen werden [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 148,] [Scholiast] avaskaraḥ gṛhamārjitapāṃśvādinicayasthānam [Mitākṣarā 267, 4 v. u.] — Vgl. anavaskara .
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Avaskara (अवस्कर):—
3) Abtritt: avaskare ciraṃ sthānaṃ niṣkuṭeṣu ca varjaye [Mahābhārata 3, 14676.] śvapākabhogyaḥ sa śvevāvaskare taskarairhataḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 412.] saṃskāro vaskarasyeva tiraskārakaro hi saḥ [Spr. 1651] (hiernach die Uebersetzung zu andern). mandira dass. [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 406.]
Avaskara (अवस्कर):—m. —
1) *Excremente. —
2) *Schamtheile —
3) Ort , wohin die Unreinigkeiten getragen werden ; Abtritt. —
4) * = apaskara Wagentheil [Galano's Wörterbuch]
Avaskara (अवस्कर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avakkhara.
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
Avaskara (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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