āvasāna

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[apte] a. [avasānamabhijano'sya añ] Living at the extremity of a town (as a cāṃḍāla).

[mw] mf (I) n. (fr. ava-sāna g. takṣaśilādi Pa1n2. 4-3, 93), dwelling or living on the boundaries of a village &c T. 019252 155,1 27044 mf (I) n. being at the end L. 019253 155,1 27045

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a. [avasānamabhijano'sya añ] Living at the extremity of a town (as a cāṃḍāla).

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NOUN

Total Occurrences

125

Texts Appeared In

62

DCS: Nauclea Cadamba; white mustard; Andropogon Serratus; turmeric; [alchemy] a particular mineral substance; particular position of the hand; pole of the ecliptic; an arrow; name of a dynasty; Mitragyna parvifolia Korth.; Adina cordifolia Benth. et Hook.F.; Corallocarpus epigaeus Benth. et Hook.F.; Andropogon caricosus Linn.; Curcuma longa Linn.; name of a mountain | Monier-Williams: ava-sA/na &c. See ava-√ so .

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 17 13.6%
2. Viṣṇupurāṇa 7 5.6%
3. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 5 4.0%
4. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 4 3.2%
5. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4 3.2%

Concordance (Sample)

• Pañcārthabhāṣya surface: avasāna

  stavite cāvasānādimattvayoḥ puṇyapāpakṣayavṛddhyorabhāvaḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: avasāne

  dviparārdhāvasāne yaḥ pralayo brahmaṇas tu te

• Rasaratnākara surface: avasāne

  nityānandakaver viśeṣakavitāvācāvilāsodbhavaṃ datte sarvaṃ mahāsthiradaśāṃ dhyān