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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for असु

3 dictionaries · exact headword

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.

    Source: Apte

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
    Source: Monier-Williams

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).

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · असु

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