avagraha

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noun

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.

OriginSanskrit अवग्रह →
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Meanings

nounavagraha (plural avagrahas)

plural avagrahas

  1. 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.

Origin

  1. Sanskritअवग्रह
  2. Englishavagraha

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवग्रह (avagraha).

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Translations

Bengali অবগ্রহ
  • অবগ্রহ (obogroho)symbol
Chinese Mandarin 阿瓦格拉哈
  • 阿瓦格拉哈symbol
French avagraha
  • avagrahasymbol
Hindi अवग्रह
  • अवग्रह (avagrah)symbol
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