Etymology

avagraha

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Today it means: A symbol (ऽ) used in the Devanagari script and other Indian scripts, to mark vocalic gemination or the elision of the inherent vowel a in the process of sandhi in Sanskrit. Full definition →

Sanskrit अवग्रह
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromअवग्रह
  2. English todayavagraha

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवग्रह (avagraha).

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