avacana

Dictionary meanings for avacana from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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avacana

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [na. ba.] Not speak- ing, silent, speechless; śakuṃtalā sā- dhvasādavacanā tiṣṭhati Ś. 1. naṃ [abhāve na. ta.] 1 Absence of assertion, si- lence, taciturnity; avacane'gniṣṭomaḥ Kāty.

2 Censure, blame, reproof; ºkara a. not doing what one is bid, disobedient.

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

n. absence of a special assertion Ka1tyS3r. &c 98,1 17204 mfn. not expressing anything Jaim. 98,1 17205 mfn. not speaking, silent S3ak. 012592 98,1 17206 mfn. not doing what one is bid or advised. 012593 98,1 17207

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