avadya

Dictionary meanings for avadya from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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avadya

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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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