Marsha, Ѳṣa, ṣ�, Ѳś, ṣa: 13 definitions
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Marsha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 Ѳṣa and ṣ� and Ѳś and ṣa can be transliterated into English as Marsa or Marsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Ѳṣa (मर्ष).—Another name for Sahasvān.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 88. 211.
2) ṣ� (मार्षा).—The mother of Dakṣa in the Cākṣuṣa epoch.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 30. 61. 74.

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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchāṣa (मार्�) refers to “friends� [?], according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said: “O friends (ṣa), vices are the darkness but the purity is the light. Vices are of weak power but the expanded vision is powerful. Vices are accidental but its essential nature is of pure root. Vices are false imaginations but its essential nature is the absence of false imagination. It is like this, friends (ṣa), this great earth is based on water, water is supported by wind, wind is founded on space, but space is dependent on nothing. [...]�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Marsa in India is the name of a plant defined with Amaranthus blitum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Euxolus ascendens (Loisel. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Kromosomo (Tokyo)
· Journal of Japanese Botany (1938)
· Flora Telluriana (1836)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1783)
· Commun. Agric. Appl. Biol. Sci. (2004)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1909)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Marsa, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, 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 dictionaryѲś (मर्श).—[ṛ�-ñ]
1) Deliberation.
2) Advice, counsel.
3) A sternutatory.
Derivable forms: ś� (मर्श�).
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Ѳṣa (मर्ष).—[ṛṣ-ghañ lyu� vā] Endurance, forbearance, patience; द्विषतामुदयः सुमेधस� गुरुरस्वन्ततरः सुमर्षणः (dviṣatāmudaya� sumedhasā gururasvantatara� suṣaṇa�) Kirātārjunīya 2.8; A. Rām.7.4.52.
Derivable forms: ṣa� (मर्ष�).
See also (synonyms): ṣaṇa.
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ṣa (मार्�).—See मारि� (ṣa).
Derivable forms: ṣa� (मार्षः).
See also (synonyms): ṣaka.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryѲṣa (मर्ष).�m. (Sanskrit Lex. id.), patience: manaso marṣa utpanno پ屹Բ 232.13.
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ṣa (मार्�).—only voc. sg. or pl. (hyper-Sanskrit for Pali mārisa = Sanskrit ṣa; the short form seems unquotable in Sanskrit lit., tho cited Lex.; in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] ṣa is usual, ṣa little used except in Ѳ屹ٳ, e.g. i.185.20; 229.12, 17), friend(s)! good sir(s)!: commonly pl., ṇḍī첹 88.2; 104.2 (prose); 171.11; 175.3 (verse, ṣa, pl., m.c.); 389.5 (prose); Lalitavistara 18.12; 23.4; 383.9; Ѳ屹ٳ i.41.1; iii.86.2 (ṣa, probably pl., but somewhat obscure); Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 6391 mārṣāḥ = Tibetan grogs po dag, friends! comrades!; Ҳṇḍū 490.26; ṇḍū 36.16 mārṣ�(�), prose, probably pl. referring to plurality just spoken of, tho followed by na tvayā�(to one individual of the group); quasi-nom., with 3 pers. vb. like bhavanta�, (Āⲹ-)Ѳñśīū첹貹 35.27 śṛṇvantu mārṣāḥ; sg., پ屹Բ 57.16; 59.4; 194.8; ٲ첹 21.16; 36.18; 38.8.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲś (मर्श).—m.
(-ś�) 1. Counsel, advice. 2. A sternutatory. E. ṛ� to counsel, aff. ghañ .
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Ѳṣa (मर्ष).—m.
(-ṣa�) Patience, endurance. E. ṛṣ to bear with, aff. ghañ .
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ṣa (मार्�).—m.
(-ṣa�) 1. A venerable or respectable man, (in dramatic language.) 2. A potherb. “tṇḍܱīⲹś�. E. ṛṣ to suffer, aff. �; also ṣa .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲṣa (मर्ष).—i. e. ṛṣ + a, m. Endurance.
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ṣa (मार्�).—i. e. marṣa + a, m. A venerable man (in dramatic language), Sch. ad [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] ed. Bollensen, p. 142.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲś (मर्श).—[masculine] a cert. sternutatory.
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Ѳṣa (मर्ष).—[masculine] patient, endurance.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ѳś (मर्श):�m. (�1. ṛ�) any substance used to excite sneezing, a sternutatory, [Bhāvaprakāśa] (cf. پ-ś)
2) counsel, advice, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) Ѳṣa (मर्ष):�m. (�ṛṣ) patience, endurance, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. aand ܰ-ṣa).
4) ṣa (मार्�):�m. (cf. ṣa) an honourable man, respectable person, [Buddhist literature]
5) Amaranthus Oleraceus, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ѳś (मर्श):�(ś�) 1. m. Advice, counsel.
2) Ѳṣa (मर्ष):�(ṣa�) 1. m. Patience, endurance.
3) ṣa (मार्�):�(ṣa�) 1. m. A venerable, respectable man; a potherb.
[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 corpusѲṣa (ಮರ್ಷ):—[noun] the act, quality, tendency or an instance of forbearing, toleratingor enduring; toleration; forbearance; endurance.
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ṣa (ಮಾರ್�):—[noun] a decent, respectable man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Marshaka, Marshal, Marshala, Marshan, Marshana, Marshaniya, Marshayati, Marshayitar.
Full-text (+65): Paramarsha, Vimarsha, Amarsha, Parimarsha, Avamarsha, Pratyavamarsha, Durmarsha, Abhimarsha, Apamarsha, Samarsha, Vyamarsha, Pratimarsha, Anumarsham, Niramarsha, Jatamarsha, Angamarsha, Sammarsha, Atimarsha, Avamarsham, Ishamarsha.
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International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS (CRSsNP) - A CASE REPORT < [2023, Issue 10. October]
Management of manyastambha through marsha nasya with masha taila < [2019, Issue 8, August]
Ayurvedic management of chronic maxillary sinusitis- a single case study < [2024, Issue 08. August]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Critical Review on Pratimarsha Nasya < [Volume 11, issue 1 (2023)]
Variation of blood pressure during nasya karma in visvaaci w.s.r.to snehapaaka–a randomized double blind clinical trial < [Volume 4, issue 4 (2016)]
An ayurvedic approach to stargardt’s macular degeneration: a special case report < [Volume 5, issue 6 (2017)]
Dramaturgy in the Venisamhara (by Debi Prasad Namasudra)
Modes of Addess in a Drama < [Chapter 4 - Dramaturgy in Veṇīsaṃhāra]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Conceptual study on pratimarsh nasya < [2023: Volume 12, February issue 3]
"Study on jalaukavacharana and nasya for vyanga management." < [2022: Volume 11, Septmber issue 12]
Management of trigeminal neuralgia through panchakarma therapy � a case report < [2020: Volume 9, September issue 10]
Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) (by Diptimani Goswami)
Qualities (19-20): Icchā and Dveṣa (Desire and Aversion) < [Chapter 4 - Quality and Action]