Avara, Ā, Āvara: 24 definitions
Introduction:
Avara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. 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
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: ŚktismAvara (अव�, “the youngest�).—One of the names of the Goddess, Devī, who is regarded as the female principle of the divine; the embodiement of the energies of the Gods.

Shakta (शाक्�, śkta) or Shaktism (śktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nṭya-śstraAvara (अव�, “small�) refers to one of the three sizes of playhouse (ṭyṇḍ貹) used, according to the Nṭyaśstra 2.8-11. This size is stated to be meant for humans (the other size being meant for Gods or kings). The measurement of the ṣṭ type playhouse is stated to count 32 hastas (also translated as ‘cubit�; one hasta equals 24 ṅgܱ). They can also be measured using the same amount of 岹ṇḍ (one 岹ṇḍ equals 4 hastas).

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryĀvara.�(CII 4), a stall. Cf. 屹. Note: 屹 is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Ā.�(IE 8-5), cf. paṇeṣu 屹�, ‘collections to be made from the shops in a market�. Cf. 屹. Note: 屹 is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsAvara in the Malayalam language is the name of a plant identified with Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet from the Fabaceae (Pea) family having the following synonyms: Dolichos lablab, Dolichos purpureus. For the possible medicinal usage of avara, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Avara in India is the name of a plant defined with Lablab purpureus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vigna aristata Piper (among others).
2) Avara is also identified with Senna auriculata It has the synonym Cassia densistipulata Taub. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Plant Names Scientific & Popular (1900)
· Vorlesungen der Churpfälzischen physicalisch-öconomischen Gesellschaft (1787)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas (1895)
· Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1971)
· Willdenowia (1986)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Avara, for example pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryĀvara, (adj.) (fr. + �) obstructing, keeping off from J. V, 325 (so to be read in ariya-magg-âvara). (Page 111)
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Ā, (Sk. 屹, fr. + �) warding off, protection, guard J VI 432 (yanta-yutta°, does it mean “cover, shield�?). �-� For cpd. khandh’屹� see khandha. (Page 112)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryavara (အဝ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
[(1) na+vara�(2) ava++a.]
[(�) �+ဝရ။ (�) အ�+ရ�+အ။]

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravda 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 Dictionaryavara (अव�).—ad On this or the nearer side. Correl. with tavara.
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ava (अवरा).—m C A legume, a variety of Phaseolus radiatus. Also called 첹ḍa.
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avra (अवार).—ad (Vulgar.) On this or the nearer side. Correl. with ٲ.
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avra (अवार).�& See 屹 & 屹khn.
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屹 (आव�).—m S 屹ṭōpa m Contracting or drawing into narrow compass; gathering into a compact form or state; closing or winding up. 2 Control, cohibition, governance, rule. 3 Management, address, ability, skill and despatch at business.
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屹 (आवार).—n m C (屹 S) An enclosure; an enclosed space; a compound or yard. 2 Applied sometimes to the enclosing body (fence, hedge, railing, wall, ditch &c.): also to the enclosedness effected. Ex. pḍōni dēvcē� śikhara || ghtalē� sabhōṃvatē� 0 �
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v (आवार�).—m (屹) Extensive and mighty preparations; an imposing display of measures, materials, arrangements, indicating some vast project. v . 2 fig. The rising and forming again after bursting (of a boil or tumor). v dhara, .
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English屹 (आव�).�m Control; management. Con- tracting.
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屹 (आवार).�n m An enclosure, a compound.
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v (आवार�).�m Extensive and mighty preparations, an imposing display of measure &c. indicating some vast project.
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 dictionaryAvara (अव�).�a. [�-b° ap na. ta]
1) (a) Younger (in years); मासेनावर� (msen屹�) = मासावर� (ms屹�) Sk. (b) Later; Posterior hinder (in time or space); दक्ष� विवस्वानवर� (dakṣau vivasvnavara�) 峾.; पूर्वज�- नावर� पुत्रौ ज्येष्ठो राज्येऽभिषिच्यते (pūrvaje- n屹� putrau jyeṣṭho jye'bhiṣicyate) 峾.; यदवर� कौशाम्ब्या�, यदवरमाग्रहायण्या� (yadavara� kauśmby�, yadavaramgrahyaṇy�) P.III.3.136-7 sk.; रामाद्वर्षेणाधोक्षजोऽवरः (峾屹ṣeṇdǰṣa'�) Bop.
2) Following, succeeding; जरावरा� (jar屹�) (ś�) Ak., अवरः श्रद्धयोपेतः (avara� śraddhayopeta�) Bhgavata 4.18.4. चतुरोऽवरान� (ٳܰ') Manusmṛti 3.33.
3) Below, under, lower, inferior, less; वर्णावरो भ्राता (varṇ屹ro bht) M.1.
4) Mean, unimportant, worst, lowest (opp. uttama); अव्यङ्ग्यमवर� स्मृतम� (avyaṅgyamavara� smṛtam) K. P.1; दूरे� ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्- धनञ्जय (dūreṇa hyavara� karma buddhiyogd- dhanañjaya) Bhagavadgīt (Bombay) 2.49; श्रद्दधानं शुभा� विद्यामाददीतावरादपि (śraddadhna� śubh� vidymdadīt屹dapi) Ms. 2.238.
5) Last (opp. prathama); सामान्यमेषां प्रथमावरत्वम� (smnyameṣṃ pratham屹tvam) Ku. 7.44.
6) Least; usually as the last member of comp. with numerals; त्र्यवरै� साक्षिभिर्भाव्यः (tryavarai� skṣibhirbhvya�) Manusmṛti 8.6,3.187; 11.8,12.11; त्र्यवरा परिषद् ज्ञेया (tryava pariṣad jñey) 112; Y.2.69.
7) Western.
8) Nearer, next.
9) Most excellent (atyanta- śreṣṭha).
-ra� 1 A country behind.
2) Time gone.
- 1 A Direction.
2) Name of Durg.
-ram The hind thigh of an elephant (also ° ).
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Avara (अव�).�1 A. To leave off, cease (only in p. p.)
Derivable forms: avaram (अवरम�).
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(अवार).—[na vryate jalena �-karmaṇi ñ]
1) The near bank of a river; नास्� द्वीपः कुतः पारो नावारः संप्रदृश्यते (nsya dvīpa� kuta� pro n屹� saṃpradṛśyate) Mahbhrata (Bombay) 12.224.21.
2) This side; यो वै संवत्सरस्यावरं पारं � वे� (yo vai saṃvatsarasy屹� pra� ca veda) Ait. Br. °तस� (tas) ind. to this side; पय� दुहाना व्रतनीरवारतः (payo duhn vratanīravrata�) ṻ岹 1.65.6.
Derivable forms: � (अवार�), (अवारम्).
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Ā (आवार).—Enclosing, keeping off, as in दुरावा� (dur屹) q. v.
Derivable forms: 屹� (आवार�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAvara (अव�).�m., a high number: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 7708, or nt. 7834, in the latter cited from Ҳṇḍū; Ҳṇḍū 105.20, text sattva- varasya, read sattv屹sya (gen.). In Ҳṇḍū 133.2 the item seems to be omitted (in a list which generally corresponds better to Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ).
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Ā (आवार).�(°-) (m.; rare in Sanskrit except in cpds., compare dur-屹, [Boehtlingk and Roth]), guard, in °ra-nibandhana, nt., imprisonment under guard: Mah屹stu i.188.17 (verse) kṛtv屹nibandhanam, making (i.e. applying to his victims)�(so mss., possibly intending vra°, but this word is hardly used except at the end of cpds.; 屹 occurs also in Pali; Senart emends to k-nib°).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvara (अव�).—mfn.
(-ra�--�) 1. Posterior, hinder, last. 2. Younger. 3. Inferior. n.
(-�) The hind thigh of an elephant. f.
(-) A name of Durga. E. a neg. and vara preferable; not the best, or than which nothing is better.
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(अवार).—n.
(-�) The near bank of a river. E. ava down, � to go, ñ aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvara (अव�).—[ava + ra]. I. adj., f. . 1. Posterior, [Բśٰ] 3, 23. 2. Inferior, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 106, 22. 3. Low, [Ჹٲṅgṇ�] 5, 203. Ii. m. A Śūdra, or one of the fourth caste, [Բśٰ] 2, 238.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvara (अव�).—lower, inferior; posterior, following, later, younger; nearer; preceding ([with] [ablative]); western; vile, base, mean; —� at least in adj., [neuter] in [adverb] —[feminine] ava after-birth.
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Ā (आवार).—[masculine] guard, protection.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Avara (अव�):—mf()n. ([from] 2. ava), below inferior, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vjasaneyi-saṃhit]
2) low, mean, unimportant of small value, [Śatapatha-bhmaṇa; Upaniṣad; Manu-smṛti] etc.
3) posterior, hinder, later, last, younger, [Ṛg-veda] etc.
4) nearer, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]
5) western, [Śatapatha-bhmaṇa]
6) preceding (with [ablative], opposed to para), [Śatapatha-bhmaṇa; ṻ岹-ptiśkhya]
7) (अवरा):—[from avara] f. ‘after-birth� See avar屹patana below
8) [v.s. ...] (= apa q.v.) the hind quarter of an elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] Name of Durg, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) Avara (अव�):�n. ifc. (f(). ) the least, the lowest degree, lowest sum (cf. krṣpaṇ屹�, tritr屹, try-avara, daś屹, saṃvatsar屹); the hind thigh of an elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) (अवार):�n. ([from] 2. ava, but formed after a-pra q.v.) [Vedic or Veda] this side, the near bank of a river, [Vjasaneyi-saṃhit xxx, 16; Taittirīya-saṃhit etc.]
12) Ā (आवार):—[=-vra] a etc. See 1. -√ṛ.
13) [=-vra] [from -�] b m. shelter, defence
14) [v.s. ...] mfn. ifc. enclosing, keeping out.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Avara (अव�):—[a-vara] (ra�--�) a. Posterior, younger, inferior, not less. f. Durga. n. Hind thigh of an elephant.
2) (अवार):—[a-vra] (�) 1. n. Near bank of a river.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Avara (अव�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avara.
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Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Avara (अव�) [Also spelled avar]:�(a) low; inferior; under; puisne; junior; ~[t] juniority; inferiority.
2) Āv (आवार�):�(nm) a vagabond, loafer; (a) vagrant, wandering, loitering; profligate.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Avara (अव�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Apara.
2) Avara (अव�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Apara.
3) Avara (अव�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Avara.
4) (अवरा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Apa.
5) (अवरा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Apa.
6) (अवार) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Apra.
7) Āvara (आव�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ā�.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAvara (ಅವ�):�
1) [adjective] of low quality, esteem; mean, base.
2) [adjective] happening or relating to, the time later to the one present or one under reference.
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Avara (ಅವ�):—[noun] the hind thigh of an elephant.
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Avara (ಅವ�):—[pronoun] the possessive form of the pronoun they; 'their'; theirs.
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(ಅವಾರ):�
1) [noun] the side nearer; this side.
2) [noun] the nearer of the two banks of a river.
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Āvara (ಆವ�):—[adverb] = ಆವರಂ [avaram].
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Āvara (ಆವ�):—[noun] = ಆವರಿಕೆ [avarike].
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Ā (ಆವಾರ):—[noun] an enclosed place; an adjunct place around a building enclosed by a compound or fence.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryĀv (आवार�):—adj. 1. separated from family; without house and home; wandering; vagrant; astray; abandoned; 2. dissolute;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with (+21): Avara-gida, Avaraddha, Avaraddhiga, Avaraddhiya, Avaradh, Avaragarda, Avaragardi, Avaragi, Avaraha, Avarahilla, Avarahiya, Avarahpara, Avarahutta, Avarai, Avarai-k-koti, Avaraje, Avarajjha, Avarajjhati, Avarakanka, Avaram.
Full-text (+151): Anavara, Vara, Paravara, Duravara, Skandhavara, Avarastat, Avarana, Varada, Avaratas, Avaraja, Avarapara, Sharavara, Avaram, Khandhavara, Avaraparina, Karavara, Dashavara, Avaravarna, Tryavara, Pratyavara.
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