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    See also avadāraṇa, avadāraṇam.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 181, col. 2.
    avadāraṇaṃ

    1 Tearing, dividing, digging down, cutting into pieces.

    2 (karaṇe-lyuṭ) A spade, hoe.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 124.
    avadāraṇaṃ , klī, (avadīryate'nena, ava + dṝ + ṇic
    karaṇe lyuṭ .) khanitraṃ . khantā iti khyātaṃ .
    ityamaraḥ .. (vidāraṇaṃ . bhedanaṃ . khananaṃ . yathā, —
    “avadāraṇakāle tu pṛthivī nāvadīryyate” .
    iti rāmāyaṇe . ava + ghṝ + bhāve lyuṭ .)