Asra, Ashra, 础艣谤补, 膧艣谤补, 膧蝉谤补, 膧sr膩: 19 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 础艣谤补 and 膧艣谤补 can be transliterated into English as Asra or Ashra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
: archive.org: Natya ShastraAsra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ, 鈥渨eeping鈥�) occurs as being due to joy, indignation, smoke, collyrium, yawning, fear, sorrow, looking with a steadfast gaze, cold and sickness. Weeping should be represented on the stage by rubbing the eyes and shedding tears.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam鈥擯lant mutagenesis in ancient IndiaAsra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ) refers to the 鈥渂lood (of certain animals)鈥� used in the recipe for producing flowers and fruits round the year (辫耻峁补辫丑补濒补-腻辫补迟迟颈), according to the 痴峁沰峁Ｄ乱耻谤惫别诲补 by S奴rap膩la (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.鈥擜ccordingly: 鈥淎 healthy seed of a properly ripened Mangifera indica should be soaked in the blood (asra) of a tortoise and a hare and then should be dried in the direct heat of the sun. After a month it should be planted in a pit, previously prepared as per the method described before. Thereafter it should be showered with the milk of a she-goat. Then it blossoms into a tree with thousands of branches and produces lovely flowers and fruits round the year. This is no wonder鈥�.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsAsra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ):鈥擨ndicating the borders of materials
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve ReflectionsAsra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ) refers to 鈥渂lood鈥�, according to the 11th century J帽膩n膩r峁嘺va, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by 艢ubhacandra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淎lone [the living soul] who is very wise becomes a god [like] a bee on a lotus [like] the face of a woman . Alone, being cut by swords [com.鈥攕wallows (pibati) his own blood (蝉惫腻蝉谤补峁�), his own blood (蝉惫补谤耻诲丑颈谤补峁�), and flesh (尘腻峁僺补峁�) which is mixed with it (办补濒颈濒补峁�)], he appropriates a hellish embryo. Alone the one who is ignorant, driven by the fire of anger, etc., does action. Alone [the living soul] enjoys the empire of knowledge in the avoidance of all mental blindness. [Thus ends the reflection on] solitariness鈥�.
Synonyms: Rudhira, As峁沯.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Asra in India is the name of a plant defined with Crocus sativus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Safran officinarum Medik. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Gard. Chron. (1879)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or 鈥榓 Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers鈥� (1993)
· Fl. Ital. (1860)
· Irid. Gen. (1827)
· Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains (1834)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary膩艣r膩 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿ぐ啶�).鈥攎 (腻艣谤补测补 S through H) See 腻艣谤补测补.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English膩艣r膩 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿ぐ啶�).鈥�m An asylum, a refuse. Support, shelter.
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础艣谤补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぐ).鈥擜 corner, mostly at the end of comp.; 啶氞い啷佮ぐ啶多啶�, 啶む啶班啶ざ啷嵿ぐ (catura艣ca, try补艣谤补) &c.
-艣谤补尘 [a艣nute netram, a艣-rak]
1) A tear.
2) Blood (usually written asra q. v.) 啶曕が啶ㄠ啶оぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶多啶班啶｀ 啶曕ぅ啶ぅ 啶むい啶距ぐ啶距ざ啷嵿ぐ- 啶膏ぐ啶苦い啶 (kabandh膩n膩峁� 艣re峁嚹� kathamatha tat膩r膩艣ra- saritam) 艢iva. B.24.77.
Derivable forms: 补艣谤补岣� (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぐ啶�).
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Asra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ).鈥擺as-ran]
1) A corner, an angle.
2) Hair of the head.
-sram 1 Tear; 啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ啷嬥い啷嵿い啶班ぎ啷�啶曕啶粪た啶むぞ啶た啶ぞ啶 (补蝉谤辞迟迟补谤补尘墨办峁迟腻尘颈尘腻尘) Kum膩rasambhava 5.61. 啶曕啶粪ぃ啶� 啶膏啶оぞ啶傕ざ啷佮 啶膏啶班さ啶︵じ啷嵿ぐ啶膏た啶曕啶む (k峁峁嘺峁� sudh膩峁兣泆岣� sravadasrasikta岣�) R膩m. Ch.6.73.
2) Blood; 啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ啶膏啶む 啶曕啶ㄠ啶むげ啷� 啶曕啶｀ 啶班啷嵿い啷� 啶ㄠ啶む啶班ぞ啶啶啶ㄠた 啶膏啶啶む (asrastu kuntale ko峁噀 rakte netr膩mbuni sm峁泃a岣�) Nm. 啶む啶粪ぞ啶う啷嵿く 啶曕ぐ啶苦し啷嵿く啶距ぎ啶� 啶むさ啶距じ啷嵿ぐ啷囙ぃ啷嬥う啶�- 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶 (te峁Ｄ乵adya kari峁膩mi tav膩sre峁噊daka- kriy膩m) Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 3.157.49.
Derivable forms: 补蝉谤补岣� (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ啶�).
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膧艣谤补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿ぐ).鈥擺补艣谤补meva, sv膩rthe'峁�] Tear.
Derivable forms: 腻艣谤补尘 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿ぐ啶).
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膧蝉谤补 (啶嗋じ啷嵿ぐ).鈥擺asrameva sv膩rthe'峁�] Blood.
Derivable forms: 腻蝉谤补尘 (啶嗋じ啷嵿ぐ啶).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary础艣谤补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぐ).鈥攏.
(-艣谤补峁�) 1. A tear. 2. Blood. E. 补艣奴 to spread, &c. and ra affix; see 补艣谤耻 and asra.
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Asra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ).鈥攎.
(-蝉谤补岣�) 1. A corner, an angle. 2. Hair. n.
(-蝉谤补峁�) 1. Blood. 2. A tear. E. asa to cast or throw, &c. affix rak.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary础艣谤补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぐ).鈥擺a艣 + ra] (see vb. 艣辞). I. A substitute for 补艣谤颈, when latter part of comp. adj., implying An angle, e. g. catur-, adj. Quadrangular, regular, [Kum膩rasa峁僢hava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 32 (written with s instead of 艣). Ii. n. A tear, [Kath膩sarits膩gara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 13, 126; [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 3, 229 (with s instead of 艣).
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Asra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ).鈥攕ee 补艣谤补.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ).鈥�1. [neuter] a tear.
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Asra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ).鈥�2. [adjective] throwing, hurling.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 础艣谤补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぐ):鈥�1. 补艣谤补 ifc. for 补艣谤颈 (q.v.) e.g. catur补艣谤补, try-补艣谤补, qq.vv.
2) 2. 补艣谤补 for asra (a tear, blood) q.v.
3) Asra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ):鈥�1. asra mfn. (鈭�2. as), throwing, [Taittir墨ya-br膩hma峁嘺]
4) n. a tear, [Manu-sm峁泃i; R膩m膩ya峁嘺 etc.] (often spelt 补艣谤补).
5) 2. asra n. blood, [Raghuva峁兣沘 xvi, 15] (cf. 补蝉峁沯.)
6) 3. asra m. hair of the head, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) 膧蝉谤补 (啶嗋じ啷嵿ぐ):鈥�m. distress, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) n. 鈥榓 tear鈥� or 鈥榖lood鈥� (cf. 1. 2. asra), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 础艣谤补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぐ):鈥�(艣谤补峁�) 1. n. A tear; blood.
2) Asra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ):鈥�(蝉谤补岣�) 1. m. A corner. n. Blood.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Asra (啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Assa.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 dictionaryAsra in Hindi refers in English to:鈥�(nm) reliance; shelter..鈥攁sra (啶嗋じ啶班ぞ) is alternatively transliterated as 膧sar膩.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus础艣谤补 (嗖呧捕喑嵿舶):鈥�
1) [noun] blood.
2) [noun] the hair growing on the head.
3) [noun] demoralising an enemy on emotional, sentimental grounds or by appeasing his passions, as a means of defeating him.
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Asra (嗖呧哺喑嵿舶):鈥�
1) [noun] a drop of the salty fluid secreted by the lachrymal gland to lubricate the eyeball, kill bacteria, etc.; tear.
2) [noun] the usu. red fluid, consisting of plasma, red and white blood cells, etc., that circulates through the heart, arteries, and veins of vertebrates; blood.
3) [noun] any of the fine, threadlike outgrowths from the skin of an animal or human being; hair.
4) [noun] the tactics or plan of winning over an enemy using emotional and sentimental means.
5) [noun] the area at the tip of any of the angles formed at a street intersection; corner.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary膧sr膩 (啶嗋じ啷嵿ぐ啶�):鈥攏. 1. asylum; shelter; dependency; 2. hope; trust; expectation;
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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Starts with (+18): Ashraddhe, Ashraddhin, Ashraddhita, Ashraddhyalakshana, Ashraisu, Ashraka, Ashrakiya, Ashramapati, Ashramavasi, Ashramavasini, Ashramavidambaka, Ashramena, Ashramigriha, Ashramishtha, Ashramita, Ashramtam, Ashranta, Ashrarupa, Ashrarya, Ashrasya.
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