Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• आसवः āsavḥ

  1. आ सु-अण्
  2. Distillation.
  3. Decoction.
  4. Any spirituous liquor (distilled from sugar, molasses etc.); अनासवाख्यं करणं मदस्य Ku.1.13; कुमारीdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, द्राक्षाdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.; यच्च पक्वैषधाम्बुभ्यां सिद्धं मद्यं स आसवः Bhāva. Parasmaipada Mādhava, however, seems to differ and says, शीधुरिक्षुरसैः पक्वैरपक्वै- रासवो भवेत् । मैरेयं धातकीपुष्पैर्गुडधानाम्लसंहितम् ॥; आसवरागताम्रम् Ki.16.46.
  5. A vessel for liquor.
  6. Exciting.

• -द्रुः आसवस्य कारणं द्रुः शाकdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied तdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Name of the Palmyra tree (the juice of which, on fermenting, forms a spirituous liquor).