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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नाशnāśaDisappearance; गता नाशं तारा उपकृतमसाधाविव जने Mk.5.25.

    [नश्-भावे घञ्]

    1. Disappearance; गता नाशं तारा उपकृतमसाधाविव जने Mk.5.25.
    2. Frustration, destruction, ruin, loss; नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति Bg.2.4; R.8.88;12. 67: so वित्तdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, बिद्धिdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.
    3. Death.
    4. Misfortune, calamity.
    5. Abandonment, desertion.
    6. Flight, retreat.
    7. (In arith.) Elimination.
    8. Want of apprehension, non-perception (अनुपलम्भ).

    In the Gita11·29

    विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः ।

    viśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ, — As a swarm of moths with ever-increasing speed fall to their destruction into a fire that someone has kindled, so now the nations with ever-increasing… 11·29
    • नाशायnāśāyadative singular of the masculine noun nāśa (destruction).
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  2. अनाशanāśaa.Hopeless, despon-dent. -2 [नास्ति नाशो यस्य] Imperishable, living, dent.

    [न. ब. नास्ति आशा यस्य]

    1. Hopeless, despon-dent. -2 नास्ति नाशो यस्य Imperishable, living, dent.
    2. नास्ति नाशो यस्य Imperishable, living, undestroyed.
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  3. अनाशकanāśakaa.Devoid of full enjoyment or indestructible, not hurtful.

    [न आ सम्यक् यथेच्छम् आशः अशनं यस्य, न नाशो यस्य वा, न. ब. कप्]

    Devoid of full enjoyment or indestructible, not hurtful.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कम् Fast, abstaining from eating even to death; यज्ञेन दानेन तपसाऽनाशकेनैतमेव विदित्वा मुनिर्भवति Br. Ār. Up.4.4.22; Y.3.154.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. नाशnāśa[nâs-a] m. loss, disappearance; destruc tion, ruin; death; -aka, a. (ikâ) destroying (g. or --˚); -ana, a. (î)…

    [nâs-a] masculine loss, disappearance; destruc tion, ruin; death; -aka, adjective (ikâ) destroying (genitive or --˚); -ana, adjective (î) destroying, dispelling, removing (genitive or --˚); neuter destruction, ruin, re moval; forgetting (genitive): -kara, adjective (î) destruc tive of (--˚); -in, adjective perishing; --˚, destroy ing; -ya, future participle passive to be banished; -destroyed.

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  2. अनाशanāśa[a-nâsa] m. preservation.
    1. [a-nâsa] masculine preservation.
    2. [an-âsa] adjective void of expectation.
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  3. अनाशकanāśaka[an-âsaka] n. fasting; starvation.

    [an-âsaka] neuter fasting; starvation.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नाशnāśam. (√1 नश्) attainment (see दूण्˚).
    1. masculine gender (√1 नश्) attainment (see दूण्that the rest of a word is to be supplied).
    2. masculine gender (√2. नश्) the being lost, loss, disappearance, destruction, annihilation, ruin, death Breton Mn. MBh. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' destroying, annihilating confer, compare कर्म-नाशा, ग्रह-नात, दुः-स्वप्न।न्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    3. masculine gender flight, desertion W.
    4. masculine gender (arithmetic) elimination ibidem
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  2. अनर्थनाशिन्anarthanāśinm. "Evil-destroyer", S3iva शिव .

    masculine gender "Evil-destroyer", S3iva शिव .

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  3. अनाशanāśamfn. (fr. आशा), hopeless, despairing.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from आशा), hopeless, despairing.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√2. नश्), undestroyed, living.
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  4. अनाशकanāśakan. fasting, abstaining from food even to death.

    neuter gender fasting, abstaining from food even to death.

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