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Results for अस्वाध्याय

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Apte Dictionary

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

अस्वाध्यायasvādhyāyaOne who has not yet commenced his studies, not being invested with the sacred thread.
[न स्वाध्यायो वेदाध्ययनमस्य]
1. One who has not yet commenced his studies, not being invested with the sacred thread.
2. Interruption of studies (as on अष्टमी, eclipses &.c.)
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अस्वाध्यायasvādhyāyamfn. (a Bra1hman Brahman) who has not performed his repetition of the Veda वेद, who has not repeated or does…
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (a Bra1hman Brahman) who has not performed his repetition of the Veda वेद, who has not repeated or does not repeat the Vedas वेद s Lexicographers
2. masculine gender interruption or interval of repetition (prohibited on certain days of the moon, at eclipses, etc.) Lexicographers
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अस्वाध्यायपरasvādhyāyaparamfn. not devoted to the repetition of the Vedas वेद s MBh. xiii, 4563.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not devoted to the repetition of the Vedas वेद s MBh. xiii, 4563.

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