Ava-dhāraṇa, am, n. ascertainment, affirmation, emphasis; stating or holding with positiveness or assur- ance, accurate determination, limitation (of the sense of words); restriction to a certain instance or instances with exclusion of any other; (as, ā, am), restrictive.
avadhāraṇaa. Restrictive, limiting. —ṇaṃ ṇā1 Ascertainment, determination; māna° Dk. 161. 2 Affirmation, emphasis. 3 Limitation (of the sense of words); yāvadavadhāraṇe, evāvadhāraṇe; mātraṃ kārtsnye'vadhāraṇe Ak.; turatrāvadhāraṇārthaḥ. 4 Restriction to a certain instance or instances to the exclusion of all others.
accurate determination, limitation (of the sense of words), restriction to a certain instance or instances with exclusion of any other, VPrāt.; Pāṇ. ii, 1, 8; viii, 1, 62, &c.
avadhāraṇaa. Restrictive, limiting. -ṇam, -ṇā 1 Ascertainment, determination; māna˚ Dk.161. -2 Affirmation, emphasis. -3 Limitation (of the sense of words); yāvadavadhāraṇe, evāvadhāraṇe; mātraṃ kātsnryevadhāraṇe Ak.; turatrāva- dhāraṇārthaḥ-4 Restriction to a certain instance or instances to the exclusion of all others. -5 Taking up, expressing, reciting (a name); na tvāṃ devīmahaṃ manye rājñaḥ saṃjñāva- dhāraṇāt Rām.5.33.10.
1) Bestätigung, Bejahung: astītyutpannasya sattvasyāvadhāraṇam NIR. 1, 2. viṣāde vismaye harṣe kope dainye 'vadhāraṇe . prasādane 'nukampāyāṃ dvistriruktaṃ vā na duṣyati .. Citat beim Sch. zu ŚĀK. 5, 5. Diese Bedeutung haben bisweilen die Partikeln tu und hi AK. 3, 4, 32, 3. 18.
— 2) genaues Bestimmen, Beschränken auf etwas Bestimmtes mit Ausschliessung alles Andern, = iyattāpariccheda P. 2, 1, 8, Sch. evāvadhāraṇedie Partikelevabeschränkt auf das angegebene Maass VS. PRĀT. 6, 22. evetyavadhāraṇam P. 8, 1, 62. yāvadavadhāraṇe 2, 1, 8 (mit folg. Beispiele beim Sch.: yāvadamatraṃ brāhmaṇānāmantrayasvalade gerade so viele Brahmanen ein, als Geschirre vorhanden sind). AK. 3, 4, 32, 8. mātraṃ kārtsnye 'vadhāraṇe 25, 180. iṣṭato 'vadhāraṇārtha evakāraḥ P. 6, 1, 80, Sch. iṣṭāvadhāraṇāyaivakāraḥ 8, 3, 61, Sch. kruddhe smeramukhāvadhāraṇamdem Zornigen gegenüber beschränkt man sich auf ein lächelndes Gesicht, d. i. zeigt man nur ein lächelndes Gesicht PRAB. 75, 10. ete tāvadarthāvadhāraṇavidhurāḥ svādhyāyādhyayanamātraniratā vedaviplāvakā eva 20, 13. VEDĀNTAS. in BENF. Chr. 216, 3. Z. d. d. m. G. 7, 310, N. 2.