Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

avadhāna अवधान – attention

substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

avadhāna ·n. attention, devotion.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

Ava-dhāna, am, n. attention, attentiveness, intent- ness; care, carefulness, devotion.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive neuter

avadhāna (wie eben) n. Aufmerksamkeit, Andacht H. 1378. śṛṇuta janā avadhānāt VIKR. 2. tadavadhānena tāvadākarṇayāvaḥ PRAB. 63,10. avadhānapare cakāra sā — vilocane KUMĀRAS. 4,2. dattāvadhānaḥ śṛṇoti PAÑCAT. 119,1. KATHĀS. 24,98. sāvadhāna aufmerksam YĀJÑ. 3,112. PAÑCAT. 183,9. PAÑCAT. 191,10. SĀH. D. 59,5. nom. abstr. ˚natā PAÑCAT. 34,23: sāvadhānatayā rakṣaṇīyā.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

avadhāna unter den kāvyāṅgāni Verz. d. Oxf. H. 207,a, No. 3. ˚khinna aufmerkames Hinschauen ŚIŚ. 9,11. caure gate vā kimutāvadhānam (Conj.) das Aufpassen Spr. 1610. avadhānena (Andacht) maunena kaṣāyeṇa jaṭājinaiḥ Spr. 3615.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive neuter

avadhāna n. das Aufpassen, Aufmerksamkeit, Andacht.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

avadhāna auch das Einsetzen, Befestigen. jyāva˚ einer Bogensehne MBH. 8,90,100. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

avadhānaṃ 1 Attention, avadhānapare cakāra sā pralayāṃtonmiṣite vilocane Ku. 4. 2; avadhānaṃ dīyamānaṃ prārthaye Ve. 1; ([Page 0182-a]) intentness, attentiveness; dattāvadhānaḥ śṛṇoti hears attentively. 2 Devotion, care, carefulness; avadhānāt carefully or attentively; śṛṇuta janā avadhānāt kriyāmimāṃ kālidāsasya V. 1. 2. v. l.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

avadhāna n. Aufmerksamkeit.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

avadhāna avadhāna n. (dhā) attention, application. Engagement, convention, contrat.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

HP 2 occurrences
HP 1.33-1.43: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

HP 4.37-4.46: Listening to Nāda 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

SS 1 occurrence
SS 3.14–3.15: Freedom and Bīja 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • SS 3.15 Segment 2

    Attested form: avadhānam Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

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