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Avagatha, ٳ: 7 definitions

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Avagatha 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.

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Avagatha in Chandas glossary
: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)

ٳ (अवगा�) refers to a variety of ٳ: one of the oldest Prakrit meters probably developed out of the epic Anuṣṭubh, as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Among the metres derived from the ٳ, Gīti, Upagīti and Udgīti are most important. [...] By adding 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 ٳٰܰ before the last long letter in the first half of a ٳ, we respectively get a Jātiphala, Gātha, Udtha, Vitha, ٳ, Saṃtha, Upatha and Gāthinī.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Avagatha in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avagatha (अवगथ).�a. [Ծٲ� Uṇādi-sūtra 2.9] Bathed early in the morning (ٲḥsٲ).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avagatha (अवगथ).—mfn.

(-ٳ�-ٳ-ٳ�) Bathing or bathed early in the morning. E. ava, ga from gama to go, and thak aff.

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

1) Avagatha (अवगथ):—[=ava-gatha] a See ava- �1. .

2) [=ava-gatha] [from ava-] b mfn. bathed early in the morning, [Uṇādi-sūtra]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avagatha (अवगथ):—[ava-gatha] (ٳ�) 1. m. f. n. Bathing early.

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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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