Avya, Avyā, Āvya: 6 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
avyā (अव्या).—m R Obstruction or hinderance. 2 Interruption (of some course or custom); a calamitous or disturbing occurrence.
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
Avya (अव्य).—a. [avi bhavārthe yat] Coming or belonging to a sheep.
-vyaḥ, -vyam The woollen Soma-strainer; Rv.
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Āvya (आव्य).—a. (-vī f.) [अवेर्मेषस्य विकारः ष्यञ् (avermeṣasya vikāraḥ ṣyañ)]
1) Belonging to a sheep.
2) Woollen.
Avya (अव्य).—[adjective] coming from the sheep, made of wool or threads; [substantive] the Soma-strainer.
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Āvya (आव्य).—1. ([feminine] āvī) sheep’s woolen.
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Āvya (आव्य).—2. [gerund] by granting.
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Āvyā (आव्या).—wrap round ([accusative]), hide one’s self in ([locative]).
Āvyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and vyā (व्या).
1) Avya (अव्य):—mfn. (said of the woollen Soma strainer) coming from sheep (avi q.v.), [Ṛg-veda]
2) mn. the woollen Soma strainer, [Ṛg-veda]
3) Āvya (आव्य):—mf(āvī)n. ([from] avi), belonging to sheep, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]
4) woollen, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra]
Avya (अव्य):—
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Āvya (आव्य):—(von avi) adj. f. āvī
1) zum Schafgeschlecht gehörig [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 2, 6, 3.] —
2) wollen: mekhalā mauñjī brāhmaṇasya dhanurjyā kṣatriyasyāvī (viell. āvikī zu lesen) vaiśyasya [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 19.]
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Āvya (आव्य):—
2) alle Hdschrr. und auch der Schol. [NĀRĀYAṆA] lesen āvī .
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Āvya (आव्य):—2. (ā + vī) n. etwa das Andringen gegen Jmd, feindliche Unternehmung [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 2, 9, 5.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 30, 9.] — Vgl. apāvya .
Avya (अव्य):—Adj. vom Schaf herrührend (Soma-Seihe) ; Subst. eine solche Soma-Seihe.
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Āvya (आव्य):—1. Adj. (f. āvī) —
1) zum Schafgeschlecht gehörig. —
2) wollen.
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Āvya (आव्य):—2. āvia Absol. von av.
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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