Avritya, 膧v峁泃ya, A-vritya: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 膧v峁泃ya can be transliterated into English as Avrtya or Avritya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation膧v峁泃ya (啶嗋さ啷冟い啷嵿く) refers to 鈥渉aving returned鈥� (to doorway), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.4.15 (鈥淕a峁噀艣a鈥檚 battle鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after Ga峁噀艣a spoke to 艢iva鈥檚 attendants: 鈥淸...] Now none among them stood face to face. Just as deer flee to any direction on seeing a lion, the Ga峁嘺s, who were thousands in number fled in that manner. Then Ga峁噀艣a returned (腻惫峁泃测补) [par腻惫峁泃测补] to doorway and stood there. He was seen as the annihilator of all in the manner of Yama, the terrible god of death at the end of a Kalpa. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 膧v峁泃ya (啶嗋さ啷冟い啷嵿く):鈥擺=腻-惫峁泃测补] [from 腻-惫峁�] 1. 腻-惫峁泃测补 [indeclinable participle] having covered etc., [艢akuntal膩; Mah膩bh膩rata etc.]
2) [=腻-惫峁泃测补] [from 腻-惫峁泃] 2. 腻-惫峁泃测补 [indeclinable participle] having turned, turning towards, etc.
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.
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Full-text: Vyavritya, Abhyavritya, Minmila, Minmina, Avri, Ucchraya, Gadgada, Vrit.
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