Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

avadhāraṇa अवधारण – determination; ascertainment; apprehension

adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

determination; ascertainment; apprehension

Derived from

  1. ava अव previx — down; away; off
  2. dhā धा verbal root — put; place; hold; bear
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

avadhāraṇa ·n. ascertainment, strict determination, restriction.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

Ava-dhāraṇa, am, n. ascertainment, affirmation, emphasis; stating or holding with positiveness or assur- ance, accurate determination, limitation (of the sense of words); restriction to a certain instance or instances with exclusion of any other; (as, ā, am), restrictive.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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avadhāraṇa (wie eben) n. 1〉 Bestätigung, Bejahung: astītyutpannasya sattvasyāvadhāraṇam NIR. 1,2. viṣāde vismaye harṣe kope dainye 'vadhāraṇe . prasādane 'nukampāyāṃ dvistriruktaṃ vā na duṣyati .. Citat beim Sch. zu ŚĀK. 5,5. Diese Bedeutung haben bisweilen die Partikeln tu und hi AK. 3,4,32,3. AK. 3,4,32,18. — 2〉 genaues Bestimmen, Beschränken auf etwas Bestimmtes mit Ausschliessung alles Andern, = iyattāpariccheda P. 2,1,8, Sch. evāvadhāraṇe die Partikel eva beschränkt auf das angegebene Maass VS. PRĀT. 6,22. evetyavadhāraṇam P. 8,1,62. yāvadavadhāraṇe P. 2,1,8 (mit folg. Beispiele beim Sch.: yāvadamatraṃ brāhmaṇānāmantrayasva lade gerade so viele Brahmanen ein, als Geschirre vorhanden sind). AK. 3,4,32,8. mātraṃ kārtsnye 'vadhāraṇe AK. 3,4,25,180. iṣṭato 'vadhāraṇārtha evakāraḥ P. 6,1,80, Sch. iṣṭāvadhāraṇāyaivakāraḥ P. 8,3,61, Sch. kruddhe smeramukhāvadhāraṇam dem Zornigen gegenüber beschränkt man sich auf ein lächelndes Gesicht, d. i. zeigt man nur ein lächelndes Gesicht PRAB. 75,10. ete tāvadarthāvadhāraṇavidhurāḥ svādhyāyādhyayanamātraniratā vedaviplāvakā eva PRAB. 20,13. VEDĀNTAS._in_BENF. Chr. 216,3. Z. d. d. m. G. 7,310, N. 2.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

avadhāraṇa 2〉 sāmādau vu parikṣīṇe syādupekṣāvadhāraṇam so v. a. dann bleibt nichts Anderes übrig als SĀH. D. 220. SĀH. D. 501.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

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avadhāraṇa — 1〉 n. — a〉 Bestätigung, Bejahung. — b〉 genaues Bestimmen, das Beschränken auf etwas Bestimmtes mit Ausschliessung alles Andern. — 2〉 *f. ā Grenze GAL.

Apte 1890 adjective

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avadhāraṇa a. Restrictive, limiting. — ṇaṃ -ṇā 1 Ascertainment, determination; māna˚ Dk. 161. 2 Affirmation, emphasis. 3 Limitation (of the sense of words); yāvadavadhāraṇe, evāvadhāraṇe; mātraṃ kārtsnye'vadhāraṇe Ak.; turatrāvadhāraṇārthaḥ. 4 Restriction to a certain instance or instances to the exclusion of all others.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

avadhāraṇa n. Vergewisserung, Bestimmung, Beschränkung, Bejahung.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 4.18–21: Puruṣa Knows Citta 1 occurrence

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