A sacrifice offered on the night of the new moon.
अमावस्या (amāvasyā) [Printed book page 0151-a] 2 A sacrifice offered at that time. [ID=3812]
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
अमावस्याamāvasyā
अमावस्या (amāvasyā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the day of the new moon, a sacrifice offered on the night of the new moon, the sacrificial oblation. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Sacrifice or Sacrificial Oblation, The New Moon Day, Linguistic/Grammatical Reference.
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Sacrifice or Sacrificial Oblation
2 definitions
The sacrificial oblation
अमावस्या (amāvasyā) [Printed book page 0151-a] 3 The sacrificial oblation. [ID=3812]
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
The New Moon Day
2 definitions
The day of the new moon.
अमावस्या (amāvasyā) [Printed book page 0151-a] 1 The day of new moon, when the sun and moon dwell together or are in conjunction; the 15th day of the dark half of every lunar month; सूर्याचंद्रमसोः यः परः (sūryācaṃdramasoḥ yaḥ paraḥ) सन्निकर्षः साऽमावास्या (sannikarṣaḥ sā'māvāsyā) Gobhila. [ID=3812]
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
The day of the new moon, or the fifteenth day of the dark half of the lunar month.
अमावस्या (amāvasyā) [Printed book page 057-06]
अमाव(वा)स्या (amāva(vā)syā) f. The day of the conjunction of the sun and the moon, the newmoon-day, the fifteenth day of the dark half of lunar month. (सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्यः परः सन्निकर्षः साऽमावस्या (sūryācandramasoryaḥ paraḥ sannikarṣaḥ sā'māvasyā).) [ID=2940]
अमाव(वा)स्या (amāva(vā)syā) f. The day of the conjunction of the sun and the moon, the newmoon-day, the fifteenth day of the dark half of lunar month. (सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्यः परः सन्निकर्षः साऽमावस्या (sūryācandramasoryaḥ paraḥ sannikarṣaḥ sā'māvasyā).) [ID=2940]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Linguistic/Grammatical Reference
1 definition
the day of the new moon
(H3) [Printed book page 81,2]
अमा (amā)—वस्या (—vasyā) f. = -वास्या (-vāsyā), q.v., Kāṭhaka (Literary category) ; Pāṇini (Author) iii, 1, 122. [ID=14016]
अमा (amā)—वस्या (—vasyā) f. = -वास्या (-vāsyā), q.v., Kāṭhaka (Literary category) ; Pāṇini (Author) iii, 1, 122. [ID=14016]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.