अव्यङ्ग avyaṅga
girl / boy / neuter 3 syllables SLP1 avyaNga

As a deity name

Name 129 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed

As a Hindi name

No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

not mutilated, perfect, &c.

Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "avyaṅga" is the vocative of "avyaṅgā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

Gender counterpart

The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · अव्यङ्ग

1. a-vyaṅga mf(ā, AgP.)n. not mutilated, perfect, KātyŚr.; BhP. &c.

Monier-Williams (1899) · अव्यङ्ग

2. avyaṅga m. n. the girdle of the Maga priests, BhavP. i; (viyaṅga or viyāṅga), VarBṛS.

Monier-Williams (1899) · अव्यङ्ग

avyaṅga [cf. Zd. aiwyāoṉhana].

Wilson (1832) · अव्यङ्ग

avyaṅga mfn. (-ṅgaḥ-ṅgā-ṅgaṃ) 1 Plain, not figurative. 2 Perfect, not mutilated. f. (-ṅgā) Cowach, (Carpopogon pruriens, Rox.) E. a neg. vi priv. and aṅga the body, or vyaṅga figure of speech.

Monier-Williams (1899) · अव्यङ्गा (linked stem)

a-vyaṅgā f. (for adhyaṇḍā, q.v.) the plant Carpopogon Pruriens Roxb., L.

Alternative readings

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Caveats

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