Alternative spellings of this word include Avarohan.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avarohaṇa (अवरोहण).—

1) Alighting, descending.

2) Ascending.

Derivable forms: avarohaṇam (अवरोहणम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avarohaṇa (अवरोहण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. Alighting, descending. 2. Mounting. E. ava before ruha to mount, lyuṭ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avarohaṇa (अवरोहण).—i. e. ava-ruh + ana, n. Descending, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 20, 179.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avarohaṇa (अवरोहण).—[feminine] ī descending; [neuter] descent (l.&[feminine]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Avarohaṇa (अवरोहण):—[=ava-rohaṇa] [from ava-ruh] mf(ī)n. alighting, descending, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] n. descending, alighting from ([ablative] [Mahābhārata i, 462], or in [compound] [Kathāsaritsāgara])

3) [v.s. ...] (in music = ava-roha) descending from a higher tone to a lower one [commentator or commentary] on [Mṛcchakaṭikā]

4) [v.s. ...] the place of descending, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avarohaṇa (अवरोहण):—[ava-rohaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Allighting.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Avarohaṇa (अवरोहण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Oruhaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Avarohana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Avarohaṇa (अवरोहण) [Also spelled avarohan]:—(nm) descending; -[krama] descending order.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avarōhaṇa (ಅವರೋಹಣ):—

1) [noun] the act, fact or process of coming or going down; a descent.

2) [noun] (mus.) a coming down on a musical scale; descending order of a musical mode.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Avarohaṇa (अवरोहण):—n. descending; descent;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Rohana, Ava.

Ends with: Dhvaja-avarohana, Hemantapratyavarohana, Kayavarohana, Pratyavarohana, Rathavarohana, Samudravarohana, Upavarohana.

Full-text (+14): Oruhana, Dhvaja-avarohana, Avaroha, Rathavarohana, Oroha, Tuvacavarokanam, Avarohan, Arohana, Pratyavarohana, Descending, Varna, Dhvajarohana, Ascending, Uttara, Alapi, Matsarikrita, Kalopanata, Uttarayata, Harinashva, Margi.

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