Dharmalib

avadya

a. 1 Fit to be condemn- ed, censurable, not to be praised; na cāpi kāvyaṃ navamityavadyaṃ M. 1. 2; kimavadyaḥ karikuṃbhajo maṇiḥ Śi. 16. 45. --2 Defective, faulty, blamable,...

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[apte] a. 1 Fit to be condemn- ed, censurable, not to be praised; na cāpi kāvyaṃ navamityavadyaṃ M. 1. 2; kimavadyaḥ karikuṃbhajo maṇiḥ Śi. 16. 45. --2 Defective, faulty, blamable, disagreeable, disliked; udavahadanavadyāṃ tāmavadyādapetaḥ R. 7. 70; see anavadya also. --3 Unfit to be told. --4 Low, inferior. --5 Sinful. --dyaṃ 1 A fault, defect, imperfection. --2 Sin, vice. --3 Blame, censure, reproach; udava- hadanavadyāṃ...

[mw] mfn. (Pa1n2. 3-1, 101) not to be praised, blamable, low, inferior RV. iv, 18, 5 and vi, 15, 12; BhP. 99,3 17423 mfn. disagreeable L. 99,3 17424 n. anything blamable, want, imperfection, vice RV. &c 99,3 17425 n. blame, censure ib. 99,3 17426

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√śīṅ शीङ्

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Part of Speech
ADJ
Occurrences
27
Texts
18

DCS: come near; approached; turned towards | Monier-Williams: shame, disgrace, RV. ; AV.

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Matsyapurāṇasurface: avadyam

nāvadyaṃ na mṛṣāvādaṃ tvayi jānāmi bhārgava

Viṃśatikāvṛttisurface: avadyena

atatkṛte vā tanmaraṇe kathamaurabhrikādīnāṃ prāṇātipātāvadyena yogo bhavati

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