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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. असुasuBreath; मीनगन्ध्यसु- गन्धेन कुर्वन्ती मार्गदूषणम् Bhāg.6.13.13; life, spiritual life; Rv.15.1.1.

    [अस्यते क्षिप्यते अस्-उन् Uṇ 1.1; Compare Nir.; स हि अस्तः शरीरे भवति तस्य तत्र नित्यमवस्थानम्]

    1. Breath; मीनगन्ध्यसु- गन्धेन कुर्वन्ती मार्गदूषणम् Bhāg.6.13.13; life, spiritual life; Rv.15.1.1.
    2. life of departed spirits.
    3. Water.
    4. Heat.
    5. (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.).
    6. The time taken in pronouncing 1 long syllables.
    7. A sixth part of a pala quod vide, which see Neuter
    8. (सु) Reflection, thought.
    9. Heart, mind.
    10. Grief.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -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.

    • -धारणम्, -णा sustenance of life, life, existence.

    • -नीतः the lord of spirits; इमौ युनज्मि ते वह्नी असुनीताय वोढवे Av.18.2.56. (-तम्) the world of spirits.

    • -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.

    • -भङ्गः

      1. destruction or loss of life; मलिनमसुभङ्गे- प्यसुकरम् Bh.2.28.
      2. danger or fear about life.

    • -भृत् Masculine a living being, a creature.

    • -सम Adjective as dear as life, dearly loved. (-मः) a husband, lover; मुहुरसुसममाघ्नती नितान्तम् Śi.7.17.

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  2. असुखasukhaa.Unhappy, sorrowful. अनित्यमसुखं लोकम् Bg.9.33
    1. Unhappy, sorrowful. अनित्यमसुखं लोकम् Bg.9.33
    2. Not easy (to obtain), difficult श्रेयांसि लब्धुमसुखानि विनान्तरायैः Ki.5.49.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -खम् Sorrow, pain, affliction; असुखं दर्शितं विकारेण M.4.

    • -आवह Adjective pained with grief.

    • -आविष्ट Adjective afflicted with grief or pain, causing great pain.

    • -उदय Adjective causing or ending in unhappiness; न कर्म निष्फलं कुर्यान्नायत्यामसुखोदयम् Ms.4.7.

    • -उदर्क Adjective productive of or ending in unhappiness; तद्भवत्यसुखोदर्कं जीवतश्च मृतस्य च Ms.11.1.

    • -जीविका an unhappy life.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. असुasu[ás-u] m. breath, life, vitality; spirit world; vital spirits (pl. C.).

    [ás-u] masculine breath, life, vitality; spirit world; vital spirits (plural Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit).

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  2. असुखasukha[a-sukha] n. pain, sorrow; a. un pleasant; painful; unhappy; not easy to (inf.); -gîvika, a. leading a joyless…

    [a-sukha] neuter pain, sorrow; adjective un pleasant; painful; unhappy; not easy to (infinitive); -gîvika, adjective leading a joyless life; - ͜ âvishta, perfect passive participle afflicted with grief.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. असुasum. (√1. अस्), Ved. breath, life RV. AV. &c.
    1. masculine gender (√1. अस्), Vedic or Veda breath, life fg-veda AV. etc.
    2. masculine gender life of the spiritual world or departed spirits fg-veda x, 15, 1
    3. masculine gender (in astronomy) "respiration", Equivalent to four seconds of sidereal time or one minute of arc Su1ryas.
    4. masculine gender Equivalent to प्रज्ञा Naigh.
    5. masculine gender plural (in later language only /असवस्) the vital breaths or airs of the body, animal life AV. Mn. iii, 217, etc.
    6. neuter gender grief Lexicographers
    7. neuter gender (Equivalent to चित्त) the spirit Lexicographers
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  2. असुंभरasuṃbharamf(आ)n. only (supporting i.e.) caring for one's life BhP.

    mf(आ)neuter gender only (supporting id est) caring for one's life BhP.

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  3. असुकरasukaramfn. not easy to be done, difficult, arduous MBh. viii, 99, &c.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not easy to be done, difficult, arduous MBh. viii, 99, etc.

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  4. असुकस्asukasnom. sg. = असक्/औ q.v. Pa1n2. 7-2, 107 Comm. (cf. अमुक .)

    nominative case sg. Equivalent to असक्/औ quod vide Pa1n2. 7-2, 107 commentator or commentary (confer, compare अमुक .)

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  5. असुखasukhamf(आ)n. unhappy, sorrowful MBh. &c.
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender unhappy, sorrowful MBh. etc.
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender painful Name
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender not easy to (Inf.) Kir. v, 49
    4. neuter gender sorrow, pain, affliction Mn. MBh. etc.
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  6. असुखपीडितasukhapīḍitamfn. pained with grief. N.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective pained with grief. Name

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