Avita, Avīta, Avitā, Āvīta: 15 definitions
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Pali-English dictionary
avīta : (adj.) not free from.
avīta (အဝီတ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[na+vīta(=vi+i+ta)]
[န+ဝီတ(=ဝိ+ဣ+တ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
avīta—
(Burmese text): မကင်းသော။
(Auto-Translation): Not free.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
avīṭa (अवीट).—a (a & viṭaṇēṃ) Unfading--a color: never wearying or palling--an article of food: undecaying, unfailing;--used of the precious stones and metals: not to be nauseated or disgusted;--used of a man pertinaciously wicked: that does not readily wear, waste, yield, fail;--used of trinkets, vessels, the body, buildings &c.: immoderate, immodest, licentious--speech: exuberant--a crop. There are other and still more lax applications of this word: all, however, bearing the general sense Unfailing or enduring. 2 Unfailing; an epithet of God.
avīṭa (अवीट).—a Unfading–a colour; never wearying or palling–an article of food; undecaying, unfalling-used of metals &c.; that does not readily wear, waste–used of buildings, ves- sels &c.
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
Avitā (अविता).—An ewe, a sheep.
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Avīta (अवीत).—A variety of अनुमान (anumāna) or inference; (vyatirekamukhena pravartamānaṃ niṣedhakamavītam; yathā pṛthivī pṛthivītarabhinnā gandhavattvāt Tv.).
Derivable forms: avītam (अवीतम्).
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Āvīta (आवीत).—a. [ā-vye-kta]
1) Worn, put on, held after throwing round.
2) Entered, passed, gone.
-tam The sacrificial cord worn in any particular position.
Avita (अवित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Preserved, protected. E. ava to preserve, kta affix of part. past.
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Āvīta (आवीत).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Passed, gone. 2. Placed, hung. m.
(-taḥ) The sacrificial cord worn in any particular manner. E. āṅ before vīta gone.
Āvīta (आवीत).—v. prācīnāvīta & prācīnāvītin.
1) Avita (अवित):—[from avi] a avitṛ, avithya. See ss.vv.
2) b mfn. (√av). protected, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. adroghāvita.)
3) Avīta (अवीत):—[=a-vīta] mf(ā)n. (√vī), not enjoyed (as the sacrificial oblation), [Ṛg-veda iv, 48, 1]
4) Āvīta (आवीत):—[=ā-vīta] a and āvītin See ā-√vye.
5) [=ā-vīta] [from ā-vye] b mfn. covered, invested (especially with the sacred thread).
1) Avita (अवित):—[a-vita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Preserved.
2) Āvīta (आवीत):—[ā-vīta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Gone; placed. m. Sacrificial cord worn by brāhmaṃs over the left shoulder.
Āvīta (आवीत):—s. vyā mit ā .
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Avīta (अवीत):—(3. a + vīta) adj. unangetastet, unberührt [Ṛgveda 4, 48, 1.]
Avīta (अवीत):—Adj. unangetastet , unberührt.
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Āvīta (आवीत):—Partic. von vyā mit ā.
Avita (अवित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avia.
Āvita (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 被著 [bèi zhe]: “to wear”.
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.
Tamil dictionary
Avitā (அவிதா) interjection < avidhā. Exclamation used in calling for help; ஆபத்தில் முறையிட்டுக் கூறும் சொல். ஆவ வெந்தாயென் றவிதாவிடு நம்மவர் [apathil muraiyittug kurum sol. ava venthayen ravithavidu nammavar] (திருவாசகம் [thiruvasagam] 5, 4).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Partial matches (+0): A, Vita, Na.
Starts with (+20): Avitaavadi, Avitadbhashana, Avitadosa, Avitagandha, Avitagunagandha, Avitaha, Avitai, Avitaiyar, Avitaka, Avitakka, Avitakka Sutta, Avitakkaavicara, Avitakkaavicarabhava, Avitakkaavicarabhavahetudipaka, Avitakkaavicarabhumi, Avitakkaavicaracuti, Avitakkaavicaradhamma, Avitakkaavicaradomanassa, Avitakkaavicarapadavissajjana, Avitakkaavicarapanha.
Full-text (+13): Pracinavita, Avitaraga, Avitagandha, Avitamoha, Avitadosa, Avitagunagandha, Avitin, Avitatanha, Mrigavidha, Avitri, Avide, Avidho, Av, Civata, Bhagevita, Gandhesha, Avitaka, Parivi, Adrogha, Avigatahetuduka.
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