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Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

apasavyaṃ	3.1.83	Masculine	Singular

prasavyaḥ	3.1.83	Masculine	Singular	apaṣṭhu, pratikūlam, apasavyam

Monier-Williams
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6 results for apasavya

mfn. not on the left side, right

mfn. (with auguries) from the right to the left, moving to the left

etc.

m. (scilicet agni) the sacrificial fire at the birth of a son,

ind. to the left, from the right to the left

equals pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛ-, to circumambulate a person keeping the right side towards him,

etc. ; to put the sacred thread over the right shoulder

mfn. having the sacred thread over the right shoulder

Apte Search

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apasavya	अपसव्य सव्यक a. 1 Not on the left, right; मण्डलान्य- पसव्यानि खगाश्चक्रू रथं प्रति Rām.6.57.34 अपसव्येन हस्तेन Ms. 3.214. -2 Contrary, opposite यद्येतदपसव्यं ते वचो मम भविष्यति Mb.5.138.27. -व्यम् ind. To the right, making the sacred thread hang down towards the left part of the body over the right shoulder (opp. सव्यम् when it hangs over the left); a position of the thread in Śrāddha or other religious ceremonies at particular times of those ceremonies (the three positions being सव्य, निवीत & अपसव्य); प्राचीनावीतिना सम्यगपसव्यमतन्द्रिणा । पित्र्यमानिधनात्कार्यं विधिवद्दर्भपाणिना ॥ Ms.3.279; ˚व्यं कृ to go round one so as to keep the right side towards him; to make the sacred thread hang over the right shoulder.

apasavyavat	अपसव्यवत् a. Wearing the sacred thread over the right sholder; आवाहनाग्नौकरणरहितं ह्यपसव्यवत् Y.1.251.

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apasavya	adjective not on the left side (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) right (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 5651/72933

apasavyavant	adjective having the sacred thread over the right shoulder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 26450/72933

Wordnet Search

"apasavya" has 3 results.


apasavya	apasavyam paṭahadvayoḥ ekaḥ dhātuyuktaḥ tathā ca yasya mukhaṃ carmaṇā ācchāditam asti। raviṇā paṭahavādanasamaye apasavye balayuktaṃ āghātaṃ kṛtam ataḥ tad bhagnam।
apasavya	viparīta, viloma, pratīkūla, apaṣṭhūra, vāma, prasavya, pratīloma, apaṣṭhū, savya, vilomaka, apasavya, pratīpa, vyapoḍha, viparyaya kramamānyatādibhiḥ dṛṣṭyā anyathātvam। tayoḥ matapravāhāḥ viparītāḥ tathāpi ubhau api suhṛdau।
apasavya	dakṣiṇa, vāmetara, apasavya, avasavya pūrvābhimukhe sthite śarīrasya dakṣiṇadiśam abhi vartamānaṃ aṅgam। mama dakṣiṇam aṅgaṃ prasphurati

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