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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अव्ययavyayaa.(a) Not liable to change, imperishable, undecaying, immutable; वेदाविना- शिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् Bg.2.21…

    [नास्ति व्ययो यस्य]

    1. (a) Not liable to change, imperishable, undecaying, immutable; वेदाविना- शिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् Bg.2.21; विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति Bg.2.17,4.1,6,13;7.24-25;15.5,17. Ms. 1.18,19,57;2.81; R.8.24. (b) Eternal, everlasting, अश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम् Bg.15.1; अकीर्तिं कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् Bg.2.24.
    2. Unexpended, unwasted.
    3. Economical.
    4. Giving imperishable fruit.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -यः

      1. Name of Viṣṇu.
      2. Name of Śiva.

    • -यम्

      1. (In the Vedānta) A member or corporeal part of an organized body.
      2. Brahmā.
      3. (In Grammar) An indeclinable particle etc.; सदृशं त्रिषु लिङ्गेषु सर्वासु च विभक्तिषु । वचनेषु च सर्वेषु यन्न व्येति तदव्ययम् ॥
      4. welfare; युधिष्ठिरमथापृच्छत्सर्वांश्च सुहृदोऽव्ययम् Bhāg.1.3.1.
      5. Prosperity; कुशलं चाव्ययं चैव पर्यपृच्छन्नरधिपम् Rām.1.18.45.

    • -आत्मन् of an imperishable or eternal nature. (-त्मा) the soul or spirit. अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा Bg.4.6.

    • -वर्गः the class of indeclinable words.

    In the Gita2·1714·272·214·14·137·137·247·259·29·13+12

    विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति ॥

    vināśamavyayasyāsya na kaścitkartumarhati. — Know that to be imperishable by which all this is extended. Who can slay the immortal spirit? 2·17
    • अव्ययस्यavyayasyagenitive singular of the masculine form of the compound adjective avyaya (imperishable spiritual existence).
    • अव्ययम्avyayamaccusative singular of the masculine form of the compound adjective avyaya (the eternal and imperishable) .
    • अव्ययाम्avyayāmaccusative singular of the feminine the form of the compound adjective avyaya (perpetual, eternal, imperishable).
    • अव्ययःavyayaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the compound adjective avyaya (the imperishable).
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  2. अव्ययत्वम्avyayatvamImperishableness.

    Imperishableness.

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  3. अव्ययीभावavyayībhāvaN. of one of the four principal kinds of compounds in Sanskrit, an adverbial or indeclinable compound (formed…

    [अनव्ययमव्ययं भवत्यनेन; अव्यय-च्वि-भू करणे घञ्]

    1. Name of one of the four principal kinds of compounds in Sanskrit, an adverbial or indeclinable compound (formed of an indeclinable, id est, that is a preposition or an adverb, and a noun); अधिहरि, सतृणम् etc. पूर्वपद- प्रधानोऽव्ययीभावः ।
    2. Absence of expenditure (owing to poverty); द्वन्द्वो द्विगुरपि चाहं मद्गेहे नित्यमव्ययीभावः । तत्पुरुष कर्मधारय येनाहं स्यां बहुव्रीहिः ॥ Udb. (which by the bye, gives the names of compounds in Sanskrit).
    3. Unchangeable state, imperishableness.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अव्ययavyaya[a-vyaya] m. non-expenditure; a. imperishable, immutable; stingy; n. indeclinable word: -tva, n.…

    [a-vyaya] masculine non-expenditure; adjective imperishable, immutable; stingy; neuter indeclinable word: -tva, neuter imperishableness; - ͜ ât man, adjective of imperishable nature; î-bhâva, masculine indeclinable compound.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अव्ययavyayamfn. or rarely /अव्यय ([only RV. viii, 97, 2 and ix, 86, 34]) (/अवि) made of sheep's skin (as the woollen Soma…
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective or rarely /अव्यय ([only fg-veda viii, 97, 2 and ix, 86, 34]) (/अवि) made of sheep's skin (as the woollen Soma सोम strainer) fg-veda
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective belonging to or consisting of sheep fg-veda viii, 97, 2.
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender not liable to change, imperishable, undecaying Up. Mn. etc.
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender "not spending", parsimonious
    5. masculine gender Name of Vishn2u विष्णु or S3iva शिव Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender of a son of Manu मनु Raivata रैवत Hariv. 433
    7. masculine gender of a Na1ga नाग demon MBh. i, 2157 (edition Bombay edition)
    8. masculine gender the non-spending, parsimony
    9. neuter gender ([or masculine gender Lexicographers]) an indeclinable word, particle Pa1n2. APra1t. etc.
    10. neuter gender (in Veda1nta वेदान्त) a member or corporeal part of an organized body Lexicographers
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  2. अव्ययत्वavyayatvan. imperishableness Hit. (v.l.)
    1. neuter gender imperishableness Hit. (varia lectio)
    2. neuter gender the state of an indeclinable word Pat.
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  3. अव्ययवत्avyayavatmfn. consisting of an indeclinable word Pat.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective consisting of an indeclinable word Pat.

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  4. अव्ययात्मन्avyayātmanmfn. imperishable VP.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective imperishable VP.

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  5. अव्ययीभावavyayībhāvam. "unchangeable state", an indeclinable compound Pa1n2.

    masculine gender "unchangeable state", an indeclinable compound Pa1n2.

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  6. अव्ययीभावसमासavyayībhāvasamāsam. id. Pa1n2. 1, 41 Sch.

    masculine gender the same Pa1n2. 1, 41 Scholiast or Commentator

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