Odhavanem, Ōḍhavaṇēṃ, Oḍhavaṇeṃ: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryōḍhavaṇēṃ (ओढवणें).—v i (ōḍhaṇēṃ) To tend impulsively; to come or pass with a constraining current; to drive, or have a drift, draught, or forceful course; to bear upon with strong and steady sway; to draw towards or unto;--used of fortune or destiny, death, adversity, troubles and accidents of life, and with implication of imperative or powerful operation or bearing. Ex. vāṭēṃ ōḍhavalā praḷayakāḷa || daiva ōḍha- valēṃ, mṛtyu ōḍhavalā, mī sudhēṃ kāma karīta asatāṃ malā duḥkha ōḍhavalēṃ, duḥkha sukha jēṃ ōḍhavēla tēṃ bhōgaṇēṃ prāpta, ōḍhavalēṃ parama kaṭhīṇa || Note. As used of Fortune, and with daiva, prārabdha &c., the sense is not always of Calamity or evil; as parama mūrkha jarīṃ asalā daiva ōḍhavalēṃ mhaṇajē aiśrvarya bhōgāyāsa sāmpaḍatēṃ. 2 Rather laxly. To come upon determinedly, with fulness of design and force of movement;--used of calamities, enemies, wild beasts, beggars, of any event or object considered as a heavy and resistless evil. 3 Used with mana, antaḥkaraṇa, citta &c. To tend, bear, lean, incline (towards); to draw or drive (in any direction). 4 Angrily and revilingly. To come (quasi, to bring one's evil or hateful presence; to make a visitation upon).
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ōḍhavaṇēṃ (ओढवणें).—n unc (ōḍhaṇēṃ) Traditional practice or course.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishōḍhavaṇēṃ (ओढवणें).—v i Tend impulsively; used of destiny and accidents of life, and with implication of imperative or powerful operation or bearing.
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.
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Ends with: Dhodhavanem, Modhavanem.
Full-text: Vadavadanem, Badavadanem, Daiva, Vodavanem, Karma.
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