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Results for अवनति

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Apte Dictionary

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

अवनतिavanatif.Bending, bowing down, stooping; अवनतिमवनेः Mu.1.2,3.8; Śi.9.8.
1. Bending, bowing down, stooping; अवनतिमवनेः Mu.1.2,3.8; Śi.9.8.
2. Declining in the west, setting; गतवत्यराजत जपाकुसुमस्तबकद्युतौ दिनकरेऽवनतिम् Śi.9.8.
3. A bow, prostration.
4. Bending (as a bow); धनुषामवनतिः K. (where अdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied also means 'stoopng').
5. Modesty, absence of insolence, humility.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

अवनतिavanati[ava-nati] f. going down, setting; humiliation; -namra, a. bent, bowed.

[ava-nati] feminine; also equal for going down, setting; humiliation; -namra, adjective bent, bowed.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अवनतिavanatif. setting (of luminaries) S3is3. ix, 8
1. feminine setting (of luminaries) S3is3. ix, 8
2. feminine bowing down, stooping Lexicographers
3. feminine parallax VarBr2S. Su1ryas.
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