Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

āhvaya आह्वय – called; named

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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AYI dictionary adjective

called; named

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

āhvaya ·m. betting; also = seq.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Ā-hvaya, as, m. a lawsuit arising from a dispute about games with animals, as cock-fighting &c.; ap- pellation, name (generally as last member of a com- pound, the first member of which, though commonly an appellative noun, is used as a proper name).

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

āhvaya (wie eben) m. 1〉 Wette bei Thierkämpfen M. 8,7; vgl. samāhvaya M. 9,223. — 2〉 Benennung, Name AK. 1,1,5,8. H. 260. vṛddherapyāhvayā ime AK. 2,4,3,31. caraṇāhvayāḥ AK. 3,6,2,14. meist am Ende eines adj. comp. und namentlich da, wo ein sonst gangbares Wort, das zugleich Name (einer Pflanze u. s. w.) ist, als solcher bemerklich gemacht werden soll. In diesem Falle geht das Geschlecht des ersten Theils des comp. auf das ganze comp. über und der Name selbst erscheint oft in abgekürzter Form; eine Erleichterung zu Gunsten des Metrums. kāvyaṃ rāmāyaṇāhvayam R. 1,4,1. māṃsyāhvayā SUŚR. 2,20,18. lāṅgalāhvayā SUŚR. 2,25,15. śatāhvayā (d. i. śatāvarī) SUŚR. 2,101,10. yaṣṭyāhvayaḥ SUŚR. 2,222,6. vatsāhvaya (d. i. vatsaka) ebend. AK. 2,4,2,35. AK. 2,4,2,45. H. 225. H. 245. sāhvaya benannt wird gerade so gebraucht: cakrasāhvaya m. der nach dem Rad benannte (Vogel) d. i. der Cakravāka R. 4,51,38. gajasāhvaya die nach den Elephanten benannte (Stadt) d. i. Hāstinapura MBH. 3,9. MBH. 3,1348. KATHĀS. 15,6. ebenso nāgasāhvaya MBH. 3,35. — Vgl. āhvayana, āhvā.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

āhvaya m. — 1〉 Wette, insbes. bei Thierkämpfen Chr. 212,25. — 2〉 Benennung, Name. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

āhvayaḥ 1 A name, appellation (as last member of comp.); kāvyaṃ rāmāyaṇāhvayaṃ Rām.; cakrasāhvayaṃ, caraṇāhvayāḥ; vṛddherapyāhvayā ime Ak. 2 A lawsuit arising from a dispute about games with animals, as cock-fighting &c.; (one of the 18 titles of law); paṇapūrvakapakṣimeṣādiyodhanaṃ āhvayaḥ Rāghavānanda on Ms. 8. 7.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

āhvaya m. Wette; Name.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

āhvaya āhvaya n. (hve) convocation; appellation; nom. āhvayāmi 1, appeler; convoquer. Provoquer; défier. — Moy. āhvaye. āhvā f. comme āhvaya. āhvāna n. appel; convocation; invitation; appellation, nom. Sommation; défi. āhvayayāmi c. faire appeler.

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