Karshana, Kar艣a峁嘺, 碍补谤艣补苍补: 18 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Kar艣a峁嘺 and 碍补谤艣补苍补 can be transliterated into English as Karsana or Karshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Karshan.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�).鈥擡xtension; protraction, defined as k膩lavipra办补谤峁 by commentators; a peculiarity in the recital as noticed in the pronunciation of 啶熰 (峁�) when followed by 啶氞 (c), or 啶∴ (岣�) when followed by 啶溹 (j) e.g. 啶粪啷嵿啷� (峁峁璫补颈); 啶粪ぁ啷嵿啶距い (峁岣峧腻迟补). cf. N膩r. 艢ik. I.7.19.
Vyakarana (啶掂啶ぞ啶曕ぐ啶�, vy膩kara峁嘺) 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.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)1) 碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�) refers to 鈥渄rawing (the hawk) nearer鈥� (during its training), according to the 艢测补颈苍颈办补-艣腻蝉迟谤补: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by R膩j膩 Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.鈥擜ccordingly, [while discussing the training of hawks]: 鈥淸...] The next step is to cast it into a tree and then lure it. At this time, in order to recall to its mind its wild habits, it should be allowed to prey upon pigeons and Kalavi峁卥as. Those who cannot be tamed in this way should be carefully subjugated to the will of their master, by much 鈥榳atching,鈥� by continually stroking them with the hand, and by drawing them nearer and nearer (办补谤峁峁嘺). [...]鈥�.
2) 碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�) refers to 鈥渂ring someone under subjugation (by diplomacy)鈥�, according to the 艢测补颈苍颈办补-艣腻蝉迟谤补.鈥擜ccordingly, [while discussing the importance of hawks]: 鈥淭o restore peace to a conquered country, to deliberate on conquering others, to bring the wicked under subjugation (办补谤峁峁嘺) by diplomacy [du峁ａ弓膩n膩峁� 办补谤峁峁嘺峁� yukty膩], to protect the loyal, to encourage those who have done great deeds by fulfilling their aspirations, [...] and such other qualities, which have been highly spoken of in politics [are considered also essential in the art of hawking]鈥�.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (鈥減erforming arts鈥�) and Shastras (鈥渟ciences鈥�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Vastushastra (architecture)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (vastu)1) 碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�) refers to 鈥減lowing鈥�, as discussed in chapter 3 (Kriy膩p膩da) of the 笔补诲尘补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: the most widely followed of Sa峁僪it膩 covering the entire range of concerns of P膩帽car膩tra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter鈥�箩帽腻苍补, yoga, 办谤颈测腻 and 肠补谤测腻) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.鈥擠escription of the chapter [办补谤峁峁嘺-膩di-vidhi]:鈥擯icking up from where he left off before he digressed about town-planning, Bhagav膩n says that after the ceremonies connected with 鈥淰膩stupuru峁鈥� are seen to, the 膧c膩rya begins the plowing (办补谤峁峁嘺). How this is to be done, with what instruments, in what ways he prepares himself for the ritual-task, and what mantras are to accompany the turning over of the first seven furrows 鈥攖hese are given (1-21). While plowing (办补谤峁峁嘺), the 膧c膩rya should look for auspicious signs, for these indicate how the rest of the project will proceed (22-27a). After plowing (办补谤峁峁嘺) is completed, the place is levelled, and seeds are sown. [...].
2) 碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�) refers to the 鈥減lowing (of the ground)鈥�, as discussed in chapter 5 of the 艢谤墨辫谤补艣苍补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.鈥擠escription of the chapter [bh奴-办补谤峁峁嘺]: [...] The first things to be done, once the plot has been taken over, are to determine the 产谤补丑尘补蝉迟丑腻苍补-location, then to commence the ritual plowing (办补谤峁峁嘺) and, having done this, to sow seeds in the plot, harvest the crop and re-plow it before levelling it (8-37). Next, a pit is ritually dug (38-53) prior to the construction of a miniature 产腻濒腻濒补测补 complete with its own sanctified 产腻濒补产颈尘产补 (54-71)鈥攖his latter being done to overcome all difficulties and dangers during the actual construction of the proposed temple.
: eScholarship: The descent of scripture: a history of the Kamikagama (vastu)碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�) refers to the 鈥減loughing (of the earth)鈥� (that is to precede construction), according to the 碍腻尘颈办腻驳补尘补: an ancient 艢aiva 膧gama scripture in 12,000 Sanskrit verses dating to at least the 5th century and represented as an encyclopedic account of ritual instructions (办谤颈测腻p膩da).鈥擨n modern print editions, the K膩mika-膩gama is structured in two major parts. The P奴rvabh膩ga consists of 75 chapters (辫补峁璦濒补蝉) [...] Chapters 9 to 34 present a general account of the principles and preliminary rites for the construction of temples, houses, buildings, and settlements. [...] Chapter 11 outlines criteria for evaluating a construction site. In Chapters 12 and 13, there are descriptions of offerings to be made at the entrance to the site and a procedure for taking possession of the site. Chapter 14 provides directions for the ploughing of the earth that is to precede construction (bh奴-办补谤峁峁嘺).
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�) refers to 鈥減lowing鈥� (forming part of temple-construction rites), as discussed in chapter 3 of the 叠丑腻谤补诲惫腻箩补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 or 鈥淏h膩radv膩ja-ka峁噕a-sa峁僪it膩鈥�: a P膩帽car膩tra text comprising some 230 艣lokas mainly concerned with basic details concerning temple construction and icon consecration.鈥擜ccordingly [鈥渃oncerning the construction of a temple鈥漖, Ka峁噕a asks to know what the system has to say about all matters from 鈥減lowing鈥� [办补谤峁峁嘺] to 鈥渋nstallation鈥� [辫谤补迟颈峁ａ弓丑腻]. Bharadv膩ja agrees to tell him this, and says that the very first thing a person [办补谤迟腻, here, apparently, referring to one who will be a 测补箩补尘腻苍补 for a temple] should do is to select an outstanding 膧c膩rya to be his preceptor.
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Karsana in India is the name of a plant defined with Pisum sativum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lathyrus oleraceus Lam. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1998)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1995)
· Journal of the Indian Botanical Society (1986)
· Bulletin of the Hiroshima Agricultural College (1989)
· Protoplasma (1979)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1988)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Karsana, for example health benefits, chemical composition, diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykar艣a峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿ざ啶�).鈥攏 S A division or branch of medicine,--that which treats of Reducing or lowering: opp. to 产峁涐箖丑补峁嘺 Nourishing or fattening.
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办补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�).鈥攏 S Ploughing or tilling. 2 Pulling or drawing.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary碍补谤艣补苍补 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿ざ啶�).鈥�a.
1) Rendering lean.
2) troubling, hurting; 啶う啶距ざ啷嵿ぐ啷屶し啶じ啷佮ぐ啶距ぃ啶距 啶掂ぇ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷� 啶曕た啶班啶熰た啶ㄠ 啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぎ啶た啶む啶班啶班啶多え啶� (yad膩艣rau峁masur膩峁嚹佱箖 vadh膩rthe kir墨峁璱na峁� y膩ntamamitra办补谤艣补苍补ma) Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 1.1.165.
-苍补岣� Fire.
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碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�).鈥�a.
1) Dragging.
2) Injuring
3) Extending (in time), see below.
-峁嘺尘 [办峁涐梗 bh膩ve 濒测耻峁�]
1) Drawing, dragging, pulling, bending (as of a bow); 啶啷嵿く啶ぞ啶ㄠぎ啶むた- 啶ぞ啶む啶班啶班啶粪ぃ啶距い啷� (bhajyam膩namati- m膩tra办补谤峁峁嚹乼) R.11.46,7.62.
2) Attracting.
3) Ploughing, tilling; 啶啶班き啷冟い啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶｀ 啶膏啶啶むぎ啷� (prabh峁泃a峁� 办补谤峁峁嘺峁� sm峁泃am) Manusm峁泃i 4.5.
4) Injuring, tormenting; emaciation; 啶むぅ啶� 啶班ぞ啶溹啶炧ぞ啶お啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶� 啶曕啶粪啶え啷嵿い啷� 啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�- 啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶｀ぞ啶む (tath膩 r膩j帽膩mapi pr膩峁嚹佱弗 k峁Ｄ珁ante r膩峁ａ弓ra- 办补谤峁峁嚹乼) Manusm峁泃i 7.112.
5) Cultivated land; 啶啶む啶班じ啷嵿く 啶む 啶ざ啶掂 啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶｀ 啶� (putrasya te pa艣ava岣� 办补谤峁峁嘺峁� ca) Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 3.113.13.
6) A weapon; 啶囙し啷佮き啶苦じ啷嵿い啷嬥ぎ啶班啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶膏- 啶膏啶む啶班た啶多啶侧啶班啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶｀啶� (i峁bhistomarai岣� pr膩sai- stri艣奴lairvajra办补谤峁峁嘺i岣�) 搁腻尘.7.32.34.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�).鈥攏.
(-峁嘺峁�) 1. Ploughing, cultivating the ground. 2. Pulling, dragging. 3. Attracting. E. 办峁涐梗 to plough, 濒测耻峁� aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍补谤艣补苍补 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿ざ啶�).鈥攊. e. 办峁浥� + ana, I. adj. Causing to grow lean, [厂耻艣谤耻迟补] 1, 189, 1. Ii. m. Fire, Mah膩bh膩rata 13, 6307.
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碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�).鈥攊. e. 办峁涐梗 + ana, n. 1. Bringing, [艢膩kuntala, (ed. B枚htlingk.)] 69, 15, v. r. 2. Tormenting, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 7, 112. 3. Bending (a bow), [Raghuva峁兣沘, (ed. Stenzler.)] 11, 46. 4. Tillage, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 4, 5. 5. Cultivated land, Mah膩bh膩rata 3, 10082. 6. At the end of a compound adj. Overpowering, e. g. 艣补迟谤耻-, Overpowering his enemies, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 4, 38, 51.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍补谤艣补苍补 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿ざ啶�).鈥擺adjective] rendering lean, attenuating; tormenting, vexing (鈥斅�).
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碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�).鈥擺adjective] tearing, vexing (鈥斅�); [neuter] tearing, drawing near or away; bending (of a bow), vexing, tormenting; ploughing, agriculture.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 碍补谤艣补苍补 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿ざ啶�):鈥�mfn. (鈭�办峁浥�), rendering lean, attenuating, causing emaciation, [厂耻艣谤耻迟补]
2) troubling, hurting, [Mah膩bh膩rata xiii, 6307] (cf. 办补谤峁峁嘺)
3) n. the act of rendering lean, causing emaciation, [Caraka]
4) 碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�):鈥擺from 办补谤峁] mfn. pulling to and fro, dragging, tormenting, vexing ([varia lectio] 办补谤艣补苍补), [Mah膩bh膩rata; 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] extending (in time), [Atharvaveda-pr膩ti艣膩khya]
6) [v.s. ...] the act of drawing or dragging near, [艢akuntal膩] ([varia lectio])
7) [v.s. ...] drawing out, pulling off
8) [v.s. ...] tugging, pulling (cf. 办别艣补-办), drawing to and fro, removing, hurting, injuring, tormenting, [Manu-sm峁泃i vii, 112; Mah膩bh膩rata; 厂耻艣谤耻迟补] etc.
9) [v.s. ...] drawing back, bending (a bow), [Raghuva峁兣沘 xi, 46] (cf. 诲丑补苍耻峁�-办)
10) [v.s. ...] prolonging (a sound), [Sa峁僪it膩-upani峁d-br膩hma峁嘺]
11) [v.s. ...] ploughing, cultivating the ground, [Manu-sm峁泃i iv, 5; Mah膩bh膩rata; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]
12) [v.s. ...] cultivated land, [Mah膩bh膩rata iii, 10082]
13) [v.s. ...] erroneous for 办补谤艣补苍补 q.v., [Caraka]
14) 碍腻谤艣补苍补 (啶曕ぞ啶班啶多え):鈥�mfn. ([from] 办峁浥沘na), consisting of pearl or mother-of-pearl, [Atharva-veda iv, 10, 7][Mss. 办补谤艣补苍补.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�):鈥�(峁嘺峁�) 1. n. Ploughing; pulling.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 础峁僣丑补峁嘺, 碍补峁弓丑补峁嘺, 碍补岣嶀笉丑补峁嘺, 碍补谤颈蝉补峁嘺, 碍丑别岣峚峁嘺.
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary碍补谤峁峁嘺 (啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶�) [Also spelled karshan]:鈥�(nm) traction; extraction.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus碍补谤峁峁嘺 (嗖曕舶喑嵿卜嗖�):鈥�
1) [adjective] drawing; pulling; attracting towards.
2) [adjective] troubling; harrassing; annoying.
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碍补谤峁峁嘺 (嗖曕舶喑嵿卜嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the act or an instance of attracting, pulling, drawing.
2) [noun] the act of bending (a bow).
3) [noun] the act of ploughing.
4) [noun] the act or an instance of troubling; harrassing; annoying.
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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Starts with: Karshanadividhi, Karshanata, Karshanava, Karshanavidhi.
Full-text (+65): Akarshana, Apakarshana, Vikarshana, Prakarshana, Utkarshana, Dantakarshana, Anukarshana, Sharirakarshana, Kalindikarshana, Nikarshana, Atikarshana, Pratyavakarshana, Akamakarshana, Parikarshana, Gatrakarshana, Malakarshana, Sannikarshana, Avakarshana, Nishkarshana, Kamakarshana.
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