avadhāraṇa
Dictionary Definition ：
Definition[1]
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avadhāraṇa : [nt.] emphasis; selection.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
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Avadhāraṇa (nt.) [Cp. Sk. avadhāraṇa, fr. ava + dhṛ] calling attention to, affirmation, emphasis; as t.t. used by C's in explanation of evaŋ at DA i.27; and of kho at PvA 11, 18.
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Definition[3]
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avadhāraṇa: Affirmation, emphasis.
Source
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Sarvastivada Abhidharma, Sanskrit-English Glossary, by Bhikkhu KL Dhammajoti
Definition[4]
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ava-dhāraṇa am n. ascertainment affirmation, emphasis
• stating or holding with positiveness or assurance
• accurate determination, limitation (of the sense of words), restriction to a certain instance or instances with exclusion of any other VPrāt. Pāṇ. 2-i, 8, viii, 1, 62, &c
• (mfn.) restrictive L
Source
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Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William
Related
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avadhāraṇīya , avadhāresi , avadhāreti , avadhārha , avadhārita , avadhāraka , avadhāra , avadhānin , avadhānatva , avadhānatā
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