असुasudestruction or loss of life; मलिनमसुभङ्गे- प्यसुकरम् Bh.2.28.
Derived forms and compounds
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-भङ्गः
- destruction or loss of life; मलिनमसुभङ्गे- प्यसुकरम् Bh.2.28.
- danger or fear about life.
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-भृत् Masculine a living being, a creature.
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-सम Adjective as dear as life, dearly loved. (-मः) a husband, lover; मुहुरसुसममाघ्नती नितान्तम् Śi.7.17.
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असुः asuḥ
- [अस्यते क्षिप्यते अस्-उन् Uṇ 1.1; Compare Nir.; स हि अस्तः शरीरे भवति तस्य तत्र नित्यमवस्थानम्]
- Breath; मीनगन्ध्यसु- गन्धेन कुर्वन्ती मार्गदूषणम् Bhāg.6.13.13; life, spiritual life; Rv.15.1.1.
- life of departed spirits.
- Water.
- Heat.
- (Plural) (a) The five vital breaths or lifewinds in the body; असुभिः स्थास्नु यशश्चिचीषितः Ki.2.19; परीक्षितं दुर्लभानसून् प्रापितवान् K.175; Bh.2.11; (b) wisdom (प्रज्ञा Nir.).
- The time taken in pronouncing 1 long syllables.
- A sixth part of a pala quod vide, which see Neuter
- (सु) Reflection, thought.
- Heart, mind.
- Grief.
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-तृप् (प) -भर Adjective Enjoying one's life, devoted to worldly pleasures; मातरं पितरं भ्रातृन्सर्वांश्च सुहृदस्तथा । घ्नन्ति हयसुतृपो लुब्धा राजानः प्रायशो भुवि Bhāg.1.1.67.
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-धारणम्, -णा sustenance of life, life, existence.
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-नीतः the lord of spirits; इमौ युनज्मि ते वह्नी असुनीताय वोढवे Av.18.2.56. (-तम्) the world of spirits.
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-नीतिः Feminine the life or the spirits (personified as a female deity invoked for the preservation of life); असुनीते मनो अस्मासु धारय Rv.1.59.5.
