Avamarda: 10 definitions
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Avamarda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩garaAvamarda (啶呧さ啶ぐ啷嵿う) is the name of an owl-king (耻濒奴办补-补诲丑颈辫补迟颈), according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 62. Accordingly, 鈥�... there was in a certain place a great and shady banyan-tree, which seemed, with the voices of its birds, to summon travellers to repose. There a king of the crows, named Meghavar峁嘺, had established his home, and he had an enemy named Avamarda, king of the owls鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning Avamarda, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹佱笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath膩 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Ayurveda (science of life)
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsAvamarda (啶呧さ啶ぐ啷嵿う):鈥擯ressing type of pain
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraAvamarda (啶呧さ啶ぐ啷嵿う) refers to 鈥渟uffering鈥� (i.e., when mankind suffers from their rulers), according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚f the eclipse should commence on the left side of the disc, it is technically known as Savya-gata: the earth will then be flooded with water and there will be joy and freedom from fear. If it should commence on the right side of the disc, it: is technically known as Apasavyagata: mankind will suffer [i.e., avamarda] from their rulers and from robbers鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryavamarda (啶呧さ啶ぐ啷嵿う).鈥攎 S avamardana n S Treading, trampling, crumpling, crushing, squeezing, kneading; devastating or destroying action gen.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvamarda (啶呧さ啶ぐ啷嵿う).鈥�
1) Trampling upon.
2) Pain, toils; 啶班ぃ啶距さ啶ぐ啷嵿う啶ぞ啶膏ぞ啶︵啶� (谤补峁嚹乿补尘补谤诲补尘腻蝉腻诲测补) 搁腻尘.
3) An expedient of a Government, inflicting punishment on an enemy by laying his country waste, devastation, oppression; 啶呧さ啶ぐ啷嵿う啶� 啶啶班い啷�啶樴ぞ啶�- 啶膏啶むぅ啶� 啶氞啶� 啶げ啷�啶じ啶距ぎ啷� (补惫补尘补谤诲补岣� prat墨gh膩ta- stath膩 caiva bal墨yas膩m) Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 12.59.52.
4) Slaying, killing; 啶呧さ啶ぐ啷嵿う啶距う啶苦さ 啶︵啶啶むじ啶苦啶灌ざ啶距さ啶� (avamard膩diva d峁沺tasi峁僪a艣膩va岣�) (惫颈苍颈惫补谤迟颈迟补岣�) Uttarar膩macarita 5.8.
5) Friction, turmoil; 啶� 啶む啶掂ぞ啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距じ啶距う啷嵿く 啶班ぃ啶距さ啶ぐ啷嵿う啷� 啶え啶冟ざ啷嵿ぐ啶 啶椸啷嵿啶むた 啶ㄠた啶多啶氞た啶むぞ啶班啶ムぎ啷� (na tv膩峁� sam膩s膩dya ra峁嚹乿amarde mana岣ヅ況ama峁� gacchati ni艣cit膩rtham) R膩m 5.48.6.
6) A kind of eclipse; B峁�. S.
Derivable forms: 补惫补尘补谤诲补岣� (啶呧さ啶ぐ啷嵿う啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvamarda (啶呧さ啶ぐ啷嵿う).鈥攊. e. 补惫补-尘峁沝 + a, m. Devastation, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 5, 43, 7.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Avamarda (啶呧さ啶ぐ啷嵿う):鈥擺=ava-marda] a etc. See 补惫补-鈭歮峁沝.
2) [=ava-marda] [from 补惫补-尘峁沝] b m. oppression, giving pain, [Mah膩bh膩rata xii, 2183; 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺]
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of eclipse, [Var膩ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it膩]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of an owl, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAvamarda (嗖呧驳嗖舶喑嵿拨):鈥�
1) [noun] an act or instance of trampling under foot; the act of pressing or beating with the feet so as to crush or injure.
2) [noun] the act or process of oppressing or subduing.
3) [noun] the inflicting of severe pain to force information or confession, get revenge, etc; torturing.
4) [noun] a transgressing into one鈥檚 adversary鈥檚 jurisdiction and trampling the crops, afflicting livestocks etc.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Avamardaka, Avamardana, Avamardanagata, Avamardanagrasa.
Full-text: Savamarda, Kruralocana, Raktaksha, Diptanayana, Vakranasa, Prakarakarna, Meghavarna, Uddivin, Adivin, Sandivin, Pradivin, Ciranjivi, Pitha, Mard.
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