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Avadhu, Avaū: 4 definitions

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Avadhu 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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avaū (अवधू).�5 U.

1) To shake, move, wave, cause to tremble; रेणु� पवनावधूत� (reṇu� pavanāvaūta�) R.7.43; लीलावधूतैः चामरैः (līlāvaūtai� cāmarai�) Me. 37; Rs.6.15; Kirātārjunīya 6.3; Śiśupālavadha 13.36.

2) To shake off or out, shake, toss (lit. and fig.), remove (fig. also); overcome, get the better of; राजसत्वमवधूय मातृकम� (rājasatvamavaūya mātṛkam) R.11. 9; सुरवधूरवधूतभया� शरैः (suravaūravaūtabhayā� śarai�) 9.19 removing the fears of; अवधू� तद्वयथाम� (avaūya tadvayathām) 3.61; व्रजन्ति शत्रूनवधूय निःस्पृहाः शमेन सिद्धि� मुनय� � भूभृतः (vrajanti śatrūnavaūya niḥspṛhā� śamena siddhi� munayo na bhūbhṛta�) Kirātārjunīya 1.42; रुषावधूय रक्षांसि (ruṣāvaūya rakṣāṃsi) 峾.

3) To discard, spurn, reject or treat with contempt, disregard; चण्डी मामवधू� पादपतितम� (caṇḍī māmavaūya pādapatitam) V.4.67; Kumārasambhava 3.8; अवधू�- प्रणिपाताः (avaūta- praṇipātā�) V.3.5; अवधूतदुहितृप्रार्थनस्य (ūٲܳ󾱳ṛpٳ󲹲Բⲹ) Daśakumāracarita 13. -Caus. (-ūԲⲹپ) To shake.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avaū (अवधू).—shake or throw down, shake off from ([ablative]) upon ([locative]), reject; move to and fro, toss.

Avaū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and ū (धू).

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

Avaū (अवधू):—[=ava-√�] [Vedic or Veda] [Parasmaipada] (Imper. 2. sg. -ūnuhi, 2. [plural] -ūnutā) to shake off or out or down, [Ṛg-veda x, 66, 14 & 134, 3; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.: [Ātmanepada] (2. sg. -ūnuṣe; [imperfect tense] 2. sg. -ūnuthās; [Aorist] -aūṣata; perf. [Potential] -ܻܱīٲ; p. -ūnvāna)

—to shake off (as enemies or evil spirits or anything disagreeable), frighten away, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :

—[Causal] ([Potential] -ūnayet) to shake, [Manu-smṛti iii, 229.]

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Avaū (अवधू) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ṇa, Avaūṇa.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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