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    avamardaḥ

    See also avamarda, avamardda.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 185, col. 2.
    avamardaḥ

    1 Trampling upon.

    2 Pain, toils; raṇāvamardamāsādya Rām.

    3 An expedient of a Government, inflicting punishment on an enemy by laying his country waste, devastation, oppression; avamardaḥ pratīghātastathā caiva balīyasāṃ Mb.

    4 Slaying, killing; U. 5. 8.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 251.
    avamardaḥ 1 Trampling upon. -2 Pain, toils; raṇāvamarda- māsādya Rām. -3 An expedient of a Government, inflicting punishment on an enemy by laying his country waste, devastation, oppression; avamardaḥ pratīghāta- stathā caiva balīyasām Mb.12.59.52. -4 Slaying, killing; avamardādiva dṛptasiṃhaśāvaḥ (vinivartitaḥ) U.5.8. -5 Friction, turmoil; na tvāṃ samāsādya raṇāvamarde manaḥśramaṃ gacchati niścitārtham Rām 5.48.6. -6 A kind of eclipse; Bṛi. S.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 126.
    avamardaḥ , puṃ, (ava + mṛd + ghañ .) pīḍanaṃ . vyathanaṃ .
    ityamaraḥ .. śasyādisampannadeśasya paracakreṇa pī-
    ḍanaṃ . iti bharataḥ ..
    (“balāvamarddastvayi sanniviṣṭo
    yathā na garheyurudārasattvāḥ” .
    iti rāmāyaṇe .) śatrukṛtagāḍhaprahāra iti kecit ..
    padākramaṇamiti kecit ..