anvādhāv

 anvādhāv is a verbal form meaning “to run after, pursue,” built from the prefix anu-/anv- + ā- + the root √dhāv “to run.”

Form and Etymology

• anv-ā-dhāv is analyzed as:
  • anv-/anu- — “after, along, following”
  • ā- — intensifying or directional prefix
  • √dhāv (1st class) — “to run”
• Together they produce the sense “to run after, chase, pursue.”
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Meaning

• Both Wisdom Library and the Buddhistdoor dictionary define anvādhāv as “to run after” and cite its use in the Kāṭhaka tradition

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• It is a verbal root form, not a noun, and belongs to the 1st conjugation of √dhāv.
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Usage and Context

• The verb appears in Vedic or early Sanskrit contexts (e.g., Kāṭhaka), where it describes physical pursuit or running after someone or something.
• As a prefixed verb, it behaves like other anu‑compounds: the prefix adds the sense of following or pursuit to the basic action of running.

Example (constructed for illustration)

• सिंहो मृगं अन्वाधावति।
  siṃho mṛgaṃ anvādhāvati
  “The lion runs after the deer.”

Distinguishing from anvaya

Some results discuss anvaya (connection, syntactic order, lineage), but this is a different word and unrelated to anvādhāv. Only results

Wisdom Library

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Buddhistdoor Global

are relevant to the user’s query.

Summary

• anvādhāv (अन्वाधाव्) = anu/ anva + ā + √dhāv
• Meaning: “to run after, pursue”
• Attested: Kāṭhaka (per dictionary citations)

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