Avagunthana, ṇṭԲ, Avagumthana: 15 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsṇṭԲ (अवगुण्ठन):—Likes to cover the head with hands

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryṇṭԲ, (adj.) (-°) (fr. oguṇṭheti) covering Sdhp. 314. (Page 81)

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryavaguṇṭhana (अवगुंठ�).—n S Enveloping or enclosing: also veiling, cloaking, covering over, muffling up.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishavaguṇṭhana (अवगुंठ�).�n Enveloping. Veiling, cloak- ing, muffling up.
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 dictionaryṇṭԲ (अवगुण्ठन).�
1) The act of covering the head of women; hiding, veiling.
2) A veil (for the face); (fig. also); अवगुण्ठनसंवीता कुलजाभिसरेद्यद� (avaguṇṭhanasaṃvītā kulajābhisaredyadi) S. D.; अवगुण्ठनपटक्षेपं विधत्त� विधु� (avaguṇṭhanapaṭakṣepa� vidhatte vidhu�) ibid; कृतशीर्षावगुण्ठनः (ṛtśīṣāvṇṭԲ�) Mu.6; उत्सृष्टसत्पुरुषोचितलज्ज�- वगुण्ठनानाम् (utsṛṣṭasatpuruṣocitalajjā- vaguṇṭhanānām) Ve.3; Mṛcchakaṭika 4.24; Śiśupālavadha 5.17.
3) A covering, पश्येष्टदारदारांस्ते भ्रष्टलज्जावगुण्ठनान� (paśyeṣṭadāradārāṃste bhraṣṭalajjāvaguṇṭhanān) Rām.6.111.62. mantle (in general).
4) A sweeping broom.
Derivable forms: ṇṭԲ (अवगुण्ठनम्).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryṇṭԲ (अवगुण्ठन).—n.
(-Բ�) 1. A veil. 2. Sweeping. 3. Hiding, veiling. E. ṻ to enclose, with ava prefixed, and � aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryṇṭԲ (अवगुण्ठन).—[-ṇṭ + ana], n. A veil.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryṇṭԲ (अवगुण्ठन).—[neuter] veiling, a veil. vant veiled.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṇṭԲ (अवगुण्ठन):—[=-ṇṭԲ] [from -ṇṭ] n. hiding, veiling, [Mṛcchakaṭikā; Kādambarī]
2) [v.s. ...] (often ṛt屹ṇṭԲ, ‘enveloped in�)
3) [v.s. ...] a veil, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] a peculiar intertwining of the fingers in certain religious ceremonies, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] sweeping, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryṇṭԲ (अवगुण्ठन):—[-ṇṭԲ] (Բ�) 1. n. A veil; veiling.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ṇṭԲ (अवगुण्ठन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ṃṭṇa, ṃṭṇa.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAvaguṃṭhana (अवगुंठ�) [Also spelled avagunthan]:�(nm) veiling, hiding; a veil; ~[ṻٲ] veiled, covered with a veil, screened.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAvaguṃṭhana (ಅವಗುಂಠ�):—[noun] a part of upper garment of a woman used to cover her face from strangers (as is practice among Hindus and Muslims.
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)
Partial matches: Gunthana, Ava.
Starts with: Avagunthanamudra, Avagunthanavant, Avagunthanavat.
Full-text: Avagunthanavat, Avakunthana, Avagunthanavant, Avagunthanamudra, Avakuntanam, Avagunthika, Avaumthana, Oumthana, Avagunthan, Gunth.
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