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Results for आस्रव

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आस्रवāsravaPain, affliction, distress.
[आस्रू-अप्]
1. Pain, affliction, distress.
2. Flowing, running.
3. Discharge, emission.
4. Fault, transgressing.
5. The foam on boiling rice.
6. (With Jainas) The impulse called योग or attention which the soul participates in the movement of its various bodies; it is defined as the 'action of the senses which impels the soul towards external objects'; it is good or evil according as it is directed towards good or evil objects.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आस्रवāsravam. the foam on boiling rice L.
1. masculine gender the foam on boiling rice Lexicographers
2. masculine gender a door opening into water and allowing the stream to descend through it Sarvad.
3. masculine gender (with Jainas जैन s) the action of the senses which impels the soul towards external objects (one of the seven Sattvas सत्त्व s or substances; it is two fold, as good or evil) Sarvad.
4. masculine gender distress, affliction, pain Lexicographers
5. masculine gender (with Buddh.) impurity, defilement, sin
6. (with Jainas जैन s) the influence or action of body and mind and speech in impelling the soul to generate Karma.
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