The Sanskrit term Pradakṣiṇāvartanābhitā can be transliterated into English as Pradaksinavartanabhita or Pradakshinavartanabhita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Pradakṣiṇāvartanābhitā (प्रदक्षिणावर्तनाभिता) or Pradakṣiṇāvartanābhi refers to “a navel that turns to the right” and represents the fortieth of the “eighty secondary characteristics” (anuvyañjana) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 83). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., pradakṣiṇāvartanābhitā). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Pradakṣiṇāvartanābhitā (प्रदक्षिणावर्तनाभिता):—[=pradakṣiṇāvarta-nābhitā] [from pradakṣiṇāvarta > pra-dakṣiṇa] f. having a navel which turns to the r°, [Dharmasaṃgraha 84, 40] (cf. ṇa-gāmitā)

context information

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)

Partial matches: Pradakshinavarta, Nabhita.

Full-text: Pradakshinavartanabhi.

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