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    See also avaṭu.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 179, col. 3.
    avaṭuḥ [ava-ṭīk mita° ḍu]

    1 A hole in the ground.

    2 A well.

    3 The back or nape of the neck.

    4 The depressed part of the body.

    5 A kind of tree.

    — ṭuḥ f. The raised portion of the neck.

    — ṭu n. A hole, a rent.

    Comp.

    — jaḥ a hind curl, the hair on the back of the head; Śi. 10. 12.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 243.
    avaṭuḥ [ava-ṭīk mit˚ ḍu] 1 A hole in the ground. -2 A well. -3 The back or nape of the neck; 'avaṭu- rghāṭā kṛkāṭikā' ityamaraḥ. -4 The depressed part of the body. -5 A kind of tree. -ṭuḥ f. The raised portion of the neck. -ṭu n. A hole, a rent. -Comp. -jaḥ a hind curl; hair on the back of the head; rāgavānavaṭujeṣvavakṛṣya Śi.10.52.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 123.
    avaṭuḥ , puṃ, strī, (ava + ṭīka + mitadvrāditvāt ḍuḥ .)
    grīvāpaścādbhāgaḥ . ityamaraḥ .. ghāḍa itikhyātaḥ .
    kūpaḥ . garttaḥ . iti hemacandraḥ .. vṛkṣabhedaḥ . ityu-
    ṇādikoṣaḥ ..