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आवेध (Avedha)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
आवेध Avedha
m.
 shaking
आवेध Avedha
m.
 swinging
Monier Williams Cologne
English
आ-वेध a
&c.
 See आ-√ व्यध्.
आ-वेध b
m.
 swinging, shaking,
MBh.
Monier Williams 1872
English
आ-वेध, अस्, m. (fr. आ-व्यध्), shaking about.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
āvedha,
(1) (m.?
not in this sense Skt. or Pali
not in Pkt.), depth (of a sea or river
lit. penetration? cf. udvedha): Sukh 〔31.10〕 mahāsamudrāc caturāśītiyojanasahasrāṇy āvedhena tiryag-aprameyāt, from the great ocean, 84, 000 yojanas in depth and immeasurable across
〔37.18〕 (santi yāvad …) -pañcāśadyojanavistārā (sc. mahānadyo) yāvad dvādaśayojanāvedhāḥ, (there are great rivers, up to) 50 yojanas in width, up to 12 yojanas in depth
(2) m., continuing force, as of an arrow that has been shot, or as of the shoot of a plant growing forth, and fig. of the continuative force of life which manifests itself in the skandha, see AbhidhK. LaV-P. 〔ii.217〕
pūrvāvedhāt = pūrvābhyāsāt 〔iii.118〕, from the continuing force of past activity: nikāya-sabhāgasyāvedhaḥ Mvy 〔7004〕, the continuative force of the common element in the class (of living beings, sattva
see sabhāga 2), which causes rebirth
Tib. ḥphen pa, something like projection. So also āvedhaḥ Mvy 〔7535〕 = Tib. ḥphen pa, or śugs, inherent power, energy (Jä.). In Mvy 〔6857〕 āvedhaḥ (between ākṣepaḥ and prasabham), physical projection, penetration (cf. Pali id.)
Tib. also ḥphen pa.
Stchoupak
French
आ-वेध-
m.
 fait de brandir, de secouer.