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    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 57, col. 1.
    avadhīr AVADHĪR, i. 10 (rather

    a denom. of a lost noun, avadhīra, from

    the vb. dhṛ, cf. dhīra), Par. To dis-

    dain, to contemn, Śiś. 9, 59.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    avadhīr avadhīr, cl. 10. P. -dhīrayati, -yi-

    tum, to disregard, disrepect; to despise, repudiate.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 182, col. 1.
    avadhīr 10 P. To disregard, disrespect, treat with contempt, slight; avadhīritasuhṛdvacanasya H. 1; Śi. 9. 59, Amaru. 83; to despise, repudiate, (pb) repulse; tatkimavadhīrayati māmāryaputraḥ M. 5.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 100, col. 1.
    ava-√ dhīr (ind.p. -dhīrya) to disregard, disrespect, repudiate, Śiś. ix, 59; Kathās.; Hit.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 247.
    avadhīr 10 P. To disregard, disrespect, treat with contempt, slight; avadhīritasuhṛdvacanasya H.1; avadhīrya dhairyakalitā dayitam Śi.9.59. Amaru.83; to despise, repudiate, repulse; tatkimavadhīrayati māmāryaputraḥ M.5.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 21, col. 1.
    avadhīr 10. P. (sine dubio ex praep. ava et dhīr quod

    cum dhī mens cognatum videtur, cf. avaman

    despicere a r. man) despicere, spernere. HIT. 42. 11.