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Arshas, ś, Arsa, Arsha, Āṣa, śs, Āś, Arṣa, Arsā: 38 definitions

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Arshas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms ś and Āṣa and śs and Āś and Arṣa can be transliterated into English as Arsa or Arsha or Arsas or Arshas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

ś (अर्श) refers to “piles� and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning ś] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (󲹾ṣaⲹ-첹貹) which is a branch of pharmacology (ⲹṇa).

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

śs (अर्शस्) or Arśoroga refers to “piles� according to the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 5). Accordingly, “the main indication of the disease [i.e., śs-roga] is the growth of lumps of flesh, either outside or inside the rectum. Piles may lead to the growth of all sorts of diseases. Bleeding piles are those which are due to an abnormal excess of pitta. Those which grow isolated from one another, and give rise to udavarta, are due to abnormal excess of vayu. Those, due to an abnormal excess of kapha, are accompanied with swelling. Piles, due to an abnormal excess of all the three doshas, have all those symptoms combined�

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

ś (अर्श) is a Sanskrit technical term, translating to “hemorrhoids�. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the śܳٲ-ṃh and the 䲹첹-ṃh.

: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

śs (अर्शस्) refers to “hemorrhoids�, as mentioned in verse 5.13-14, 25 of the ṣṭṅgṛdⲹṃh (Sūtrasthāna) by 岵ṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] as concerns (water from) wells, ponds, etc., one should know (if it comes) from jungle, swamp, or rock. No water or, in case of incapability, little (is) to be drunk by those suffering from weak digestion and visceral induration (and) by those suffering from jaundice, abdominal swellings, diarrhea, hemorrhoids [viz., śs], dysentery, and cutaneous swellings. Except in autumn and summer, even a healthy man shall drink only little�.

: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Ayurveda)

ś (अर्श) refers to “piles� and is one of the various diseases dealt with in the Dhanvantarīya貹ٳ貹ٳⲹ, as is mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—The Dhanvantarīya貹ٳ貹ٳⲹ deals with the treatment of various diseases [e.g., ś]. The word 貹ٳ貹ٳⲹ classifies those elements as either beneficial or hurtful in disease.

: Research Gate: Internal applications of Vatsanabha (Aconitum ferox wall)

ś (अर्श) refers to “piles� (Haemorrhoids: swellings containing enlarged blood vessels found inside or around the rectum and anus). Medicinal formulations in the management of this condition include 13 references of ղٲ usages. Cūrṇa is maximum (7) dosage form in the management of ś. ղٲ (Aconitum ferox), although categorized as ٳ屹-ṣa (vegetable poisons), has been extensively used in ayurvedic pharmacopoeia.

: Ancient Science of Life: Vaidyavallabha: An Authoritative Work on Ayurveda Therapeutics

śs (अर्शस्) or Hṣa refers to “haemorrhoids�, and is dealt with in the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha written by Hastiruci.—The Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha has been designed based on the need (viz., śs) of the period of the author, availability of drugs during that time, disease manifesting in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.

In chapter 5, Bhallātaka (Semecarpus anacardium) is mentioned as the main drug for the disease śs (Haemorrhoids).

: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

ś (अर्श):—Piles or polypus

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Āṣa (आर्ष).—A form of marriage. Brāhma is the form of marriage in which the bride is given to a man of good ancestry and fine character. Marriage by giving the bride after receiving a pair of cows from the bridegroom is called Āṣa. Prājāpatya is the form of marriage in which the bride is given to the man who asks for her. When the bride is given with dowry, the marriage is known as Āsuram. Marriage with the mutual love and consent is Gāndharva. Capturing the bride after a fight and marrying her by force is Rākṣasa. Marriage after deceiving the bride is called Paiśāca. These are the seven types of marriage. According to the author of the Smṛti another form of marriage known as DAIVA is also mentioned. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 154).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Āṣa (आर्ष).—A form of marriage; girls to be given in the Ganges-Yamuna doab.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 106. 8; Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 10. 24.

1b) Origin of; when the whole world was in a state of cetana-acetana knowledge like the fish in the water, the truth influenced by cetana arises with guṇa; kārya is the result of ṇa or reason; so also ṣaⲹ is the result of ṣa⾱ٱ and artha of arthitva; by this mahat and others function by degrees.*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 59. 63-8.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Āṣa (आर्ष).—Derived from the holy sages; founded on sacred tradition, such as the Vedāṅgas;cf. कृत्स्नं � वेदाड्गमनिन्द्यमार्षम् (kṛtsna� ca vedāḍgamanindyamārṣam) R. Prāt. XIV 30. The word is explained as स्वयंपाठ (ⲹṃpṻ) by the com. on Vāj Prāt. IX.2I, and as Vaidika saṃdhi on X.l3. Patañjali has looked upon the pada-pāṭha or Pada-text of the Saṃhitās of the Vedas, as anārṣa, as contrasted with the Saṃhitā text which is ārṣa; cf. आर्ष्याम� (ṣy峾) in the sense संहितायाम् (ṃh峾) R. Prāt. II.27; cf. also पदकारैर्ना� लक्षणमनुवर्त्यम् (padakārairnāma ṣṇamanuvartyam) M.Bh. on III.1.109.

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Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vyākarṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Shilpashastra (iconography)

: Shodhganga: Vaisnava Agamas And Visnu Images

Ārsa (आर्स) refers to “icons in places installed by Ṛṣis�, as defined in treatises such as the Pāñcarātra, Pādmasaṃhitā and Vaikhānasa-āgamas, extensively dealing with the technical features of temple art, iconography and architecture in Vaishnavism.—As far as the Jīrṇoddhārṇa (renovation) metal icons are concerned, the Vaiṣṇava Āgamas lay special rules because the authors of the Āgamas obviously knew the value and re-usable condition of metals. [...] Some special rules are prescribed in the Vaiṣṇava Āgamas regarding the īṇoṇa of the metal icons installed in the places generally known as ⲹṃvⲹٲ (self-emanated), divya (installed by divinities), saiddha (installed by Siddhas) and (installed by Ṛṣis). In the renovation process, the permission to correct the characteristics (ṣṇa) of the icon is not admissible in these aforesaid places. The measurements and characteristics less or more, the same material is to be retained as it were. [...]

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

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Kavya (poetry)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Arshas in Kavya glossary
: OpenEdition books: վ󲹳īٳ󲹰첹貹� (Kāvya)

śs (अर्शस्) in Sanskrit (or Arisa in Prakrit) refers to “hemorrhoids�, as is mentioned in the վ󲹳īٳ󲹰첹貹 by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (īٳ󲹲).—Cf. Meulenbeld 1974 p. 619.

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Kavya (काव्�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

śs (अर्शस्) refers to “hemorrhoids�, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 19.121-128, while describing the prevention of natural disasters]—“[...] [He performs the ritual when people are afflicted by] skin diseases, etc., fevers, untimely death or various sorts of pain, past faults or seizing spirits. Diseases from snake poison, etc., insect bites, etc., rheumatism, change in form, phlegm, hemorrhoids (śs), eye diseases, skin diseases, etc., internal disease, and sickness caused by wounds, etc., by the thousands [can occur] if various sorts of evils touch the Mṇḍala, a defect arises from offense [occurs]. [...]�.

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Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

Arṣa (hemorrhoids) is a Sanskrit medical term used in Ayurveda.

Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Arsa in India is the name of a plant defined with Entada rheedei in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Adenanthera gogo Blanco (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Flora Jamaicensis (1759)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1952)
· Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany (Hooker) (1841)
· Journal of Taiwan Museum (1985)
· Sylva Telluriana (1838)
· Flora of Jamaica (1920)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ś (अर्श).—n m S corruptly ṣa n Disease of the anus, but particularly Hæmorrhoids or piles.

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ārṣa (आर्ष).—m (Corr. from ś S) Hæmorrhoids or piles.

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ārṣa (आर्ष).—a (S) Relating to ṛṣ, saintly. 2 Sacred, holy, having authority--writings, institutes, knowledge. 3 fig. Dull, heavy, unheeding, superlatively stupid; inflexible in a preconception or determination; stupidly obstinate. 4 Foolish, silly, grossly absurd--speech, an opinion &c. Ex. mājhē śabda ārṣa nirdhāra || pari tumhī prīti ṭhēvilī ||

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ś (अर्श).�n m Disease of the anus, piles.

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ārṣa (आर्ष).�a Saintly; sacred; fig. Dull; Silly. m Piles.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ś (अर्श).�a. Bringing misfortune, sinful; indecent.

-ś� 1 Damage, hurt.

2) = अर्शस् (śs) q. v.

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Āś (आर्श).�a. Belonging to the antelope.

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Āṣa (आर्ष).�a. (-ṣ� f.) [ऋषेरिद� अण� (ṛṣerida� �)]

1) Used by a Ṛiṣi only, relating or belonging to sages, beneficial to sages; शम� दमस्तथ� धैर्यं सत्य� शौचमथार्जवम् � यज्ञ� धृतिश्� धर्मश्� नित्यमार्ष� विधि� स्मृतः (śamo damastathā dhairya� satya� śaucamathārjavam | yajño dhṛtiśca dharmaśca nityamārṣo vidhi� smṛta�) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.12.17; archaic, Vedic (opp. laukika or classical); आर्ष� प्रयोग� (ārṣa� prayoga�); संबुद्धौ शाकल्यस्येतावनार्ष (saṃbuddhau śākalyasyetāvanārṣa) P.I.1.16 Sk.; आर्ष� धर्म� (ārṣe dharma�) Manusmṛti 3.29; Y.1.59; आर्ष� प्रत्ययः (ārṣa� pratyaya�) P.II.4.58.

2) Sacred, holy, divine, superhuman; आदिकाव्यमिदं चार्षं पुरा वाल्मीकिना कृतम� (ādikāvyamida� cārṣa� purā vālmīkinā kṛtam) Rām.6.128.15; Uttararāmacarita 6.

-ṣa� A form of marriage derived form the Ṛiṣis; one of the eight forms of marriage in which the father of the bride receives one or two pairs of cows from the bridegroom; आदायार्षस्तु गोद्वयम् (ādāyārṣastu godvayam) Y.1.59; Manusmṛti 3.53,9.196; for the names of the 8 forms see उद्वाह (ܻ屹); आर्षोढ� (ṣoḍh) a wife married according to this form.

-ṣ� A class of Vedic metres.

-rṣam 1 The holy text, the Vedas; आर्ष� धर्मोपदेशं � वेदशास्त्र�- विरोधिना (ārṣa� dharmopadeśa� ca vedaśāstrā- virodhinā) Manusmṛti 12.16.

2) Sacred descent.

3) Derivation (of a poem) from a Ṛiṣi author.

-ṣa󲹰 Name of a Sāman.

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

śs (अर्शस्).�n. [�-asun vyādhau ś� ca Uṇādi-sūtra 4.195] Piles; नाशयित्री बलासस्यार्शसऽउपचितामसि (nāśayitrī balāsasyārśasa'upacitāmasi) .12.97.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Āṣa (आर्ष).—[, corruption for ārṣabha, adj., q.v.: ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 385.17; Ҳṇḍū 401.8.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ś (अर्श).—n.

(-ś�) Hœmorrhoids, piles. Also śs.

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Āṣa (आर्ष).—mfn.

(-ṣa�-ṣ�-ṣa�) Relating or belonging to or derived from a Rishi. m.

(-ṣa�) A form of marriage, the father of the bride receiving one or two pair of kine from the bridegroom. n.

(-ṣa�) The Vedas. f.

(-ṣ�) One of the orders of the metres of the Vedas. E. ṛṣ and aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

śs (अर्शस्).—n.

(-ś�) Hœmorrhoids, piles. E. to go, asun Unadi affix, and ś� inserted.

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Arsas (अर्सस्).—m.

(-�) Hœmorrhoids. See śs.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

śs (अर्शस्).—probably ṛṣ + as (with ś instead of ), n. Hæmorrhoids.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āṣa (आर्ष).—i. e. ṛṣ + a, I. adj. f. ṣ�. 1. Referring to the Ṛṣis. 2. Ordained by or practised by the Ṛṣis, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 3, 21; 12, 106. Ii. m. A form of marriage, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 3, 53. Iii. n. Holy lineage.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

śs (अर्शस्).—[neuter] haemorrhoids.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āṣa (आर्ष).—[feminine] ī belonging to or derived from the Ṛṣis, archaic. [masculine] (± ) a cert. form of marriage. [neuter] holy text or Veda; sacred origin.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ś (अर्श):�m. (�ṛ�), ‘damage� See anś-rāti, (for śs) hemorrhoids, piles, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Āś (आर्श):�mfn. ([from] ṛśy), belonging to the antelope, [Atharva-veda iv, 4, 5.]

3) Āṣa (आर्ष):—mf(ī)n. relating or belonging to or derived from Ṛṣis (id est. the poets of the Vedic and other old hymns), archaistic, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyṇa] etc.

4) m. a form of marriage derived from the Ṛṣis (the father of the bride receiving one or two pairs of kine from the bridegroom), [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra i, 6, 4; Manu-smṛti iii, 21; Yājñavalkya i, 58] (cf. )

5) n. the speech of a Ṛṣi, the holy text, the Vedas, [Nirukta, by Yāska; Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya; Manu-smṛti]

6) sacred descent [commentator or commentary] on [Lāṭyāyana; Yājñavalkya]

7) the derivation (of a poem) from a Ṛṣi author.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

śs (अर्शस्):—[from ś] n. piles, hemorrhoids, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xii, 97, etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ś (अर्श):�(ś�) 1. n. Hoemorrhoids.

2) Āṣa (आर्ष):�(ṣa�) 1. m. A form of marriage. a. Belonging to a sage.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

śs (अर्शस्):�(ś�) 1. n. Idem.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āṣa (आर्ष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ā.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Arshas in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Arsa in Hindi refers in English to:�(nm) period, duration; interval..—arsa (अरसा) is alternatively transliterated as Arasā.

2) ś (अर्श) [Also spelled arsh]:�(nm) haemorrhoids; sky, heaven; —[se phś taka] from heaven to earth.

3) Āṣa (आर्ष) [Also spelled arsh]:�(a) relating or belonging to, or derived from, the sages ([ṛṣ]); ~[屹ⲹ-ܲ] the epic age;—[ṃt] books composed by the ancient sages; —[prayoga] sacred/authoritative usages (adopted because of their source though grammatically inaccurate); —[Բ/ⲹ] a statement emanating from an authority.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ś (ಅರ್ಶ):—[noun] a painful swelling of a vein in the region of the anus, often with bleeding; haemorrhoids; piles.

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Āṣa (ಆರ್ಷ):�

1) [adjective] of or relating to ancient (Indian) sages; followed or used by them.

2) [adjective] of times long past; belonging to the early history; ancient.

3) [adjective] spiritually perfect or pure; untainted by evil or sin; saintly; sacred; holy.

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Āṣa (ಆರ್ಷ):—[noun] one of the eight forms of marriage in which the bride’s father receives one or two pairs of cows from the bridegroom.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) ś (अर्श):—adj. piles; hemorrhoids;

2) Arsā (अर्स�):—n. 1. a cake made of rice-flour and molasses friend in ghee; 2. piles; hemorrhoids;

3) Āṣa (आर्ष):—adj. 1. used by a rishi only; relating/belonging to sages; archaic; Vedic; 2. sacred; holy; divine; superhuman;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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