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    See also avaskara, avaṣkara.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 191, col. 2.
    avaskaraḥ [avakīryate ityavaskaraḥ, kṝ-ap suṭ P. VI. 1. 148]

    1 Ordure, excrement.

    2 The privities (guhyadeśa).

    3 Dirt, sweepings (in general); gṛhadvārāśucisthānarathyāvaskaraśodhanaṃ Nārada.

    4 A place for fæces, dung-hill.

    Comp.

    — maṃdiraṃ a privy, water-closet.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 260.
    avaskaraḥ [avakīryate ityavaskaraḥ, kṝ-ap suṭ vacaske'vaskaraḥ P.VI.1.148] 1 Ordure, excrement. -2 The privities (guhyadeśa). -3 Dirt, sweepings (in general); gṛhadvārāśuci- sthānarathyāvaskaraśodhanam Nārada. tadvitīrya svasarvasvamātmānamana- vaskaram | cikīrṣāmi mahābāho...|| Śiva. B.29.36. -4 A place for faeces, dung-hill. -Comp. avaskarastu viṣṭhāyāṃ guhye... Nm. -mandiram a privy, water-closet.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 129.
    avaskaraḥ , puṃ, (ava kīryyate kṣipyate iti . ava +
    kṝ + ap + suṭ .) viṣṭhā . guhyaṃ . ityamaramedinyau ..
    saṃmārjanyādinikṣiptadhūlyādi . ityamaraṭīkāyāṃ
    mathurānāthaḥ sārasundarī ca ..