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Avasyu (अवस्यु).—The Agni-Acchāvāka at Bhuvasthānam.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 29. 28.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Avasyu (अवस्यु).—a. [avaḥ rakṣaṇaṃ tadicchati kyac un] Ved. Desiring favour, help or protection.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avasyu (अवस्यु).—[adjective] seeking favour or help.

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

1) Avasyu (अवस्यु):—[from avas] a mfn. desiring favour or assistance, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] ([v, 32 and xviii, 45] [nominative case] sg. m. syūḥ)

2) [v.s. ...] (said of Indra) desirous of helping or assisting, [Ṛg-veda iv, 16, 11 and v, 31, 10], (cf. [Pāṇini 6-1, 116])

3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Ṛṣi (with the patron. Ātreya, composer of the hymn, [Ṛg-veda v, 31]).

4) b See 1. avas.

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

Avasyu (अवस्यु):—

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Avasyu (अवस्यु):—m. Nomen proprium eines Ṛṣi mit dem patron. Ātreya, Liedverfassers von [Ṛgveda 5, 31] nach Vers [?10 das. Weber’s Indische Studien.3,204,a.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Avasyu (अवस्यु):——

1) Adj. Beistand oder Gunst suchend. Auch syū. —

2) m. Nomen proprium eines Ṛṣi.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 5.75.8 < [Sukta 75]

Rig Veda 5.31.10 < [Sukta 31]

Rig Veda 4.16.11 < [Sukta 16]

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Nirukta and the Vedic interpretation (study) (by Shruti S. Pradhan)

Page 44 < [Chapter 7 - Group “G”]

Page 21 < [Chapter 7 - Group “G”]

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Poetic spirit of the Rigvedic Seers (study) (by Pubali Chakraborty)

Part 6.8 - The Seers (Rishis) of Atri Family < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]

Part 1.2 - Sāyaṇa’s view on Ṛṣi (Seer) < [Chapter 2 - Concept of Kavi and Kāvya in the Ṛksaṃhitā]

Part 5 - Who is a Kavi (Poet)? < [Chapter 2 - Concept of Kavi and Kāvya in the Ṛksaṃhitā]

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