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Results for अन्वाचय

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अन्वाचयanvācayaStatement of a secondary (गौण) rite or action after the mention of a primary (प्रधान) one; adding an object of…
[प्रधानस्य पश्चादन्यः आचीयते बोध्यते यत्र, चि- अच्]
1. Statement of a secondary (गौण) rite or action after the mention of a primary (प्रधान) one; adding an object of secondary importance to the main object, one of the senses of the particle च; चान्वाचये समाहारे Ak.; अन्यतरस्यानुषङ्गिकत्वेऽन्वाचयः; as भो भिक्षामट गां चानय where going out to beg is enjoined to the beggar as his principal object, and the bringing of a cow (if he can see any) is tacked on to it as a secondary object.
2. Such an object itself.
Derived forms and compounds
- -शिष्ट Adjective propounded as a rule or matter of secondary importance.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अन्वाचयanvācayam. (√चि), laying down a rule of secondary importance (after that which is प्रधान, or primary)
1. masculine gender (√चि), laying down a rule of secondary importance (after that which is प्रधान, or primary)
2. masculine gender connecting of a secondary action with the main action (exempli gratia, 'for example' the conjunction च is sometimes used अन्वाचये).
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अन्वाचयशिष्टanvācayaśiṣṭamfn. propounded as a rule or matter of secondary importance.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective propounded as a rule or matter of secondary importance.

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