Avatan: 3 definitions
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Avatan 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvatan (अवतन्).—8 U.
1) To stretch or extend downwards; ऋज्वीर्दधानैरवतत्य कन्धराः (ṛjvīrdadhānairavatatya kandharāḥ) Śiśupālavadha 12.18; विशालमूलावततः (viśālamūlāvatataḥ) (nyagrodha) Hariv.
2) To overspread, cover; नभसि मेघावतते (nabhasi meghāvatate) Suśr.; खमवतत्य सलिलदाः (khamavatatya saliladāḥ) Bṛ. S.24.19.
3) To loosen; undo (especially a bow-string).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvatan (अवतन्).—sink down; overspread, cover; loosen, let off ([especially] the bow-string).
Avatan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and tan (तन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvatan (अवतन्):—[=ava-√tan] -tanoti ([indeclinable participle] -tatya) to stretch or extend downwards, [Kauśika-sūtra];
—to overspread, cover, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā], (Imper. 2. sg. [Parasmaipada] -tanu [Atharva-veda vii, 90, 3] or -tanuhi [four times in [Ṛg-veda]; cf. [Pāṇini 6-6, 4, 106] [commentator or commentary]] [Ātmanepada] -tanuṣva, [Ṛg-veda ii, 33, 14])
—to loosen, undo (especially a bowstring), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Avatana, Avatanam, Avatancam, Avatanem, Avatanirodhana, Avatanka, Avatans, Avatanta, Avatantiram.
Ends with: Abhyavatan, Camayakavatan, Cavatan, Kavatan, Kunavatan, Paramapakavatan.
Full-text: Avatana, Avatans, Avatamsa, Avatati, Avatatadhanvan, Abhyavatan, Sthira.
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