अवसर्पिन् (avasarpin)

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Apte

English

अवसर्पिन् [avasarpin],  a.
  Stepping down.  -णी A long period of time (with the Jainas)
 the descending cycle is divided into six stages (good-good,  good,  good-bad,  bad-good,  bad,  bad-bad) according to Hemachandra it is equal to 2, , , ,  Sāgaras of years.

Apte 1890

English

 अवसर्पिन् a. Stepping down. 
णी A long period of time (with the Jainas)
 according to Hemacandra it is equal to 2000, 000, 000, 000, 000 Sāgaras of years. 

Monier Williams 1872

English

 अव-सर्पिन्,  ई,  इणी,  इ,  stepping down
 (इणी),  f. a
long period of time with the Jainas.

 अव-सर्पिन्
 add — descending gradually
 the
Jaina Ava-sarpiṇī is a ‘descending cycle’ divided
into six stages,  (viz. good-good,  good,  good-bad, 
bad-good,  bad,  bad-bad.)

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Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

अवसर्पिन्
पदविभागः - > विशेष्यनिघ्नम्
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕೆಳಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗುವ
निष्पत्तिः - > अव + सृल्पृ (गतौ) - "णिनिः" (३-१-१३४)

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 अवसर्पिन् Z. 3 lies 3,  9.

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 अवसर्पिन् त्रि०
  अव + सृप--णिनि । अधोगन्तरि स्त्रियां ङीप् ।

 अवसर्पिन् त्रि०
  अव + सृप--णिनि । अधोगन्तरि स्त्रियांङीप् । सा च वौद्धानां कल्पकाले हेम० सच दशकोटि-कोटिसागरवर्षमितः ।

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