Ashri, ś, śī, Āś: 13 definitions
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Ashri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology, Tamil. 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 śī and Āś can be transliterated into English as Asri or Ashri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Biology (plants and animals)
: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsAsri in the Garo language is the name of a plant identified with Bischofia javanica Blume from the Phyllanthaceae (Amla) family having the following synonyms: Bischofia trifoliata. For the possible medicinal usage of asri, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Asri in India is the name of a plant defined with Bischofia javanica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bischofi a cummingiana Decne. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Numer. List (7956)
· Asian Journal of Chemistry (5150)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1866)
· Fitoterapia (2001)
· Species Plantarum
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta� (1814)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Asri, for example diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryś (अश्र�) or śī (अश्री).�f. [aśyate saṃhanyate anay aś vaṅkydi° kri; cf. Uṇdi-sūtra 4.137]
1) A corner, angle (of a room, house &c. changed to ś at the end of comp. with catur, tri, ṣa� and a few other words; see caturasra); अष्टाश्रिर्व� वज्र� (aṣṭśrvai vajra�) Ait. Br.
2) The sharp side or edge (of a weapon &c.); वृत्रस्य हन्तुः कुलिशं कुण्ठिताश्री� लक्ष्यते (vṛtrasya hantu� kuliśa� kuṇṭhitśrīva lakṣyate) Kumrasambhava 2.2.
3) The sharp side of anything.
Derivable forms: ś� (अश्रिः).
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śī (अश्री).—Ill-luck (personified as a goddess).
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Asri (अस्र�).�
1) An angle; अष्टास्रयः सर्व एव श्लक्ष्णरूपसमन्विताः (aṣṭsraya� sarva eva ślakṣṇarūpasamanvit�) 峾.1.14.26.
2) Ten million; see अश्र� (ś).
Derivable forms: � (अस्रिः).
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Āś (आश्र�).�1 U.
1) (a.) To resort or betake oneself to; to have recourse to (a place, way, course of action &c.); विचरितमृगयूथान्याश्रयिष्ये वनान� (vicaritamṛgayūthnyśrayiṣye vanni) V.5.17; निम्नगां आश्रयन्त� (nimnag� śrayante) Rs.1.27; दक्षिणां मूर्तिमाश्रित्� (dakṣiṇṃ mūrtimśٲⲹ) K.128,132; � वय� कुमारमाश्रयामह� (na vaya� kumramśraymahe) Mu.4; आशिश्राय � भूतलम् (śiśrya ca bhūtalam) Bhaṭṭikvya 14.111 fell on the ground; 17.92; वृत्तिमाश्रित्� वैतसीम् (vṛttimśٲⲹ vaitasīm) R.4.35 resorting to or following; so धैर्यम�, शोकम�, बलम्, मित्रभावम्, संस्कृतमाश्रित्य (dhairyam, śkam, balam, mitrabhvam, ṃsṛtśٲⲹ) &c.; आश्रित्य (śٲⲹ) having recourse or reference; तामाश्रित्� (tmśٲⲹ) M.4.1, कतमत्प्रकरणमाश्रित्य गीयताम� (katamatprakaraṇamśٲⲹ gīyatm) Ś.1. (b) To seek refuge with, dwell with or in, inhabit (as a place &c.); शरण्यमेनमाश्रयन्ते (śṇyԲśⲹԳٱ) R.13.7; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.51; तथ� गृहस्थमाश्रित्� वर्तन्ते सर्व आश्रमा� (tath gṛhasthamśٲⲹ vartante sarva śram�) Manusmṛti 3.77; सर्व� गुणा� काञ्चन- माश्रयन्ते (sarve guṇḥ kñcana- mśrayante).
2) To go through, experience; एक� रस� (eko rasa�) ... पृथक� पृथगिवाश्रयत� विवर्तान� (pṛthak pṛthagivśrayate vivartn) Uttararmacarita 3.47.
3) To rest or depend upon.
4) To adhere or stick to, fall to the lot of, happen, occur; पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान� (貹ś岹) Bhagavadgīt (Bombay) 1.36 we shall incur sin.
5) To choose, prefer.
6) To assist, help.
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Āś (आश्र�).�f. The edge of a sword.
Derivable forms: ś� (आश्रिः).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryś (अश्र�).—f.
(-ś�) 1. The edge of a sword. 2. A corner, the angle of a room or house. E. śñ to serve, � prefixed, becomes a; also śī and ś.
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Asri (अस्र�).—f.
(-�) Ten millions.
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Āś (आश्र�).—f.
(-ś�) The edge of a sword: see ś.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryś (अश्र�).—[aś + ri] (see vb. ś), I. 1. Edge, [Kumrasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 20. 2. A corner, an angle, [Rmyaṇa] 1, 13, 28.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryś (अश्र�).—[feminine] (adj. —� śka) edge, corner.
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Āś (आश्र�).—A. fix on ([locative]); touch, befall ([accusative]). A.[Middle] cling to, lean or rest upon ([accusative]); resort or have recourse to, seek protection from, come to, arrive at; undergo, incur, get; partake of, choose, take to ([accusative]).
Āś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and ś (श्रि).
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Ā� (आस�).—run near, come; attack ([accusative]).
Ā� is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and � (सृ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ś (अश्र�):�f. the sharp side of anything, corner, angle (of a room or house), edge (of a sword), [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa; Ktyyana-śrauta-sūtra]
2) often ifc. e.g. aṣṭś, trir-ś, catur-ś, śatś q.v. (cf. ś);
3) cf. [Latin] acies, acer; [Lithuanian] assmù.
4) śī (अश्री):—[from ś] 1. śī f. = ś, [ṢaḍvBr.]
5) [=-śī] 2. -śī f. ill-luck (personified as a goddess), [Kathsaritsgara]
6) Āś (आश्र�):—[=-ś] 1. -√ś� [Parasmaipada] -śⲹپ, to affix;
—to apply anything, [Atharva-veda xi, 10, 10] :
‰ĀٳԱ貹岹 -śⲹٱ, to attach one’s self to;
—to join, [Mahbhrata; Bhgavata-purṇa; Kathsaritsgara; Pañcatantra] etc.;
—to adhere, rest on [Manu-smṛti; Mahbhrata];
—to betake one’s self to, resort to;
—to depend on;
—to choose, prefer;
—to be subject to, keep in mind;
—to seek refuge in, enter, inhabit;
—to refer or appeal to, [Mahbhrata; Kathsaritsgara; Śakuntal; Raghuvaṃśa; Prabodha-candrodaya; Rmyaṇa etc.]
7) 2. ś f. the edge of a sword (= ś q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) (= -ś, a very sharp edge, [Trntha tarkavcaspati’s Vcaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary])
9) Āśrī (आश्री):—[=-√śrī] [Parasmaipada] (3. [plural] -śṛṇԳپ, [Ṛg-veda ix, 71, 4]) [Ātmanepada] ([imperfect tense] śrīṇīta, [Ṛg-veda x, 61, 3]) to mix, shuffle;
—to boil.
10) Ā� (आस�):—[=-√ṛ] [Parasmaipada] -sarati, to hasten towards, come running, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda] :
—[Causal] [Passive voice] -śryate, to be undertaken or begun, [Harivaṃśa]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ś (अश्र�):—[a-ś] (ś�) 2. f. The edge of a sword; a corner, or angle of a room.
2) Asri (अस्र�):�(�) 2. f. Ten millions.
3) Āś (आश्र�):�(ś�) 2. f. The edge of a sword.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ś (अश्र�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ṃs, Assi, Āⲹ, Ā.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusś (ಅಶ್ರ�):�
1) [noun] the shape made by two straight lines meeting at a common point; an angle.
2) [noun] the point or place where surfaces join and the space between such surfaces; a corner.
3) [noun] the cutting part of a tool, instrument or weapon; the blade.
4) [noun] the long, narrow top or crest of something, as of an animaḷs back, a wave, a mountain, etc.; a ridge.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexiconśī (அஶ்ரீ) [-śī] noun < -śī.
1. Ill luck; துரதிர்ஷ்டம். [thurathirshdam.]
2. Sin; பாபம�. சரணம்புகுர அவர் களுடைய அ்ரீயைப் போக்கி [papam. saranambugura avar kaludaiya ariyaip pokki] (நாலாயி� திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் திருநெடுந். [nalayira thivyappirapandam thirunedun.] 29, வ்யா. [vya.]).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Starts with: Ashrika, Ashrila, Ashrimant, Ashrimat, Ashringa, Ashrinvant, Ashrinvat, Ashrira, Ashrita, Ashritarajya, Ashritaramjani, Ashritatattva, Ashritatva, Ashrite, Ashrith, Ashrithita, Ashritya, Ashrivi, Asrij, Asrinya.
Full-text (+68): Ashrimat, Caturashri, Trirashri, Shadashri, Dvadashasri, Ashtashra, Nirashri, Asripata, Asrivayas, Samacaturashri, Asra, Asripati, Ashlika, Ashrira, Ashrayana, Shodashasri, Amsi, Ashir, Assaka, Asara.
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