Avasthadvaya, Avasthādvaya, Avastha-dvaya: 5 definitions
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Avasthadvaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryavasthādvaya (अवस्थाद्वय).—n S The two periods of human life,--the rising into maturity and the declining into old age; called also pūrvāvasthā & uttarāvasthā. 2 The two states of life,--waking and sleeping jāgrada- vasthā & suṣuptyavasthā. 3 The two conditions of life,--happiness and misery.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvasthadvaya (अवस्थद्वय).—the two states of life i. e. सुखम् (sukham) and दुःखम् (duḥkham) (happiness and misery).
Derivable forms: avasthadvayam (अवस्थद्वयम्).
Avasthadvaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms avastha and dvaya (द्वय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvasthādvaya (अवस्थाद्वय).—n.
(-yaṃ) Two states of life, viz. happiness or misery. E. avasthā, and dvaya two.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvasthādvaya (अवस्थाद्वय):—[=avasthā-dvaya] [from ava-stha > ava-sthā] n. the two states of life (viz. happiness and misery).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvasthādvaya (अवस्थाद्वय):—[avasthā-dvaya] (yaṃ) 1. n. Two states, happiness and misery.
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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