avasarpiṇī

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 81.

avasarpiṇī f. (-ṇī) A Jaina division of time; ten Crores of Crores of Sāgaras or oceans of years.

E. ava, sṛpa to go, ṇini and ṅīp aff.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 63, col. 2.

ava-sarpiṇī (ṇī) 3. f. A Jaina division
of time, 10 crores of oceans.

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

☞ p. 105, col. 2.

ava-sarpiṇī f. ‘going or gliding down gradually’, a descending period of a long duration and alternating with the ‘ascending one’ (ut-sarpiṇī, q.v.; both the ascending [ut-s°] and descending [ava-s°] cycle are divided into six stages each: good-good, good, good-bad, bad-good, bad, bad-bad), Jain.; Āryabh.

Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 67, col. 2.

avasarpiṇī

f. (-ṇī) A Jaina division of time; ten Crores of crores of
Sāgaras or oceans of years.

E. ava, sṛpa to go, ṇini and ṅīp affs.

Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

☞ vol. 5, p. 1064.

avasarpiṇī f. ein herabsteigendes Verhältniss, Abnahme VP. 197.

Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

☞ p. 32, col. 1.

avasarpiṇī f. eine absteigende Zeitperiode.

Śabdakalpadruma

☞ vol. 1, p. 129.

avasarpiṇī , strī, (ava + sṛpa + ṇin ṅīp .)
jinānāṃ kālaviśeṣaḥ . sa tu daśakoṭikoṭi-
sāgaravarṣeṇa samāpyate . iti hemacandraḥ ..