adhvan

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[apte] m. [atti balaṃ; ad-kvanip dhādeśaḥ Uṇ. 4. 115; perhaps from at also] 1 (a) A way, road; pas- sage, orbit (of planets &c.); muktādhvānaṃ ye laṃghayeyurbhavaṃtaṃ Me. 54. (b) Distance, space (traversed or to be traversed); paṃcadaśayojanamātramadhvānaṃ jagāma K. 119, 120; kiyatyadhvani sā ujjayinī 207; Dk. 13; api laṃghitamadhvānaṃ bubudhe na budhopamaḥ R. 1. 47; ullaṃghitādhvā Me. 45; kālādhvanoratyaṃtasaṃyoge &c. (c)...

[mw] m. a road, way, orbit 23,3 4723 m. a journey, course 23,3 4724 m. distance 23,3 4725 m. time Buddh. and Jain. 23,3 4726

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m. [atti balaṃ; ad-kvanip dhādeśaḥ Uṇ. 4. 115; perhaps from at also] 1 (a) A way, road; pas- sage, orbit (of planets &c.); muktādhvānaṃ ye laṃghayeyurbhavaṃtaṃ Me. 54. (b)...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

465

Texts Appeared In

88

DCS: fate; destiny | Monier-Williams: assault (?)

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Tantrāloka 80 17.2%
2. Mahābhārata 71 15.3%
3. Rāmāyaṇa 26 5.6%
4. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra 24 5.2%
5. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 16 3.4%

Concordance (Sample)

• Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: adhvani

  tena vāmam adhastane'dhvani vamanaśīlaṃ yattejas tadguhyam aprakaṭamasyeti vāmad

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: adhvānaṃ

  nayato dīrgham adhvānaṃ daṇḍyaṃ rājabhaṭā yathā

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: adhvanaḥ

  yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi navatiṃ nava cādhvanaḥ