Avyabhicara, ⲹ, ⲹī: 8 definitions
Introduction:
Avyabhicara 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Avyabhichara.
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Bhagavad-gita (4th edition)ⲹ (अव्यभिचा�) refers to “unfailing;refers to pure devotion�. (cf. Glossary page from Śī--ī).

Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu�).
Shaiva philosophy
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)ⲹ (अव्यभिचा�) refers to an “unfailing (means of knowledge)� according to the Utpaladeva’s Vivṛti on Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā 1.5.8-9.—Accordingly, “For inference is a concept, and this [concept] arises thanks to the residual trace [left by] a previous experience; so to begin with, [it] depends on the fact that the object was directly perceived [at some point] in the past, and inference is a conceptual cognition that arises as an unfailing (ⲹ) [means of knowledge] with respect to this [previously perceived] object. [...]�.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryⲹ (अव्यभिचा�) or ⲹī (अव्यभीचा�).�
1) Not-separation; अन्योऽन्यस्याव्यभीचारो भवेदामरणान्तिक� (anyo'nyasyāvyabhīcāro bhavedāmaraṇāntika�) Manusmṛti 9.11.
2) Constancy, steadiness, fidelity. a. steady, consistant; मा� � योऽव्यभिचारे� भक्तियोगेन सेवत� (mā� ca yo'vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 14.26.
Derivable forms: ⲹ� (अव्यभिचारः), ⲹī� (अव्यभीचारः).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryⲹ (अव्यभिचा�).—m.
(-�) Steadiness, consistency, constancy. E. a neg. ⲹ irregularity.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryⲹ (अव्यभिचा�).—[masculine] not going astray, non-failure, constancy, fidelity; as adj. = seq.
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ⲹī (अव्यभीचा�).�= ⲹ [adjective] & [masculine]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ⲹ (अव्यभिचा�):—[=a-ⲹ] m. non-failure, absolute necessity, [Kapila]
2) [v.s. ...] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] ‘non-deviation�, conjugal fidelity, [Manu-smṛti ix, 101]
4) [v.s. ...] non-transgression, [Manu-smṛti viii, 122]
5) [v.s. ...] mfn. constant, [Bhagavad-gītā xiv, 26]
6) [=--] [from a-ⲹ] mfn.
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusⲹ (ಅವ್ಯಭಿಚಾ�):—[adjective] not deviating from what is moral.
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ⲹ (ಅವ್ಯಭಿಚಾ�):—[noun] the state of being chaste; abstention from immoral activities; purity in living.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Abhicara, Vyabhicara, A.
Starts with: Avyabhicarat, Avyabhicaravant, Avyabhicaravat.
Full-text: Avyabhicaravat, Vyabhicaravat, Avyabhicarat, Avyabhicarena, Vyabhicarabhava, Avyabhicarin, Purvabhata, Sutrartha, Jada, Pratyaksha.
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