Asprishya, Aspṛśya, Āspṛśya, Ashprishya: 9 definitions
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Asprishya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Aspṛśya and Āspṛśya can be transliterated into English as Asprsya or Asprishya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Asprashy.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishaspṛśya (अस्पृश्य).—n Not to be touched.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAspṛśya (अस्पृश्य).—a.
1) Not to be touched.
2) Impure, unholy
3) Not tangible; स्पर्शनेन तदस्पृश्य मनसा त्ववगम्यते (sparśanena tadaspṛśya manasā tvavagamyate) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 14.2.12.
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Āspṛśya (आस्पृश्य).—ind. Having touched softly; Bhāg.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAspṛśya (अस्पृश्य).—mfn.
(-śyaḥ-śyā-śyaṃ) Not to be touched. E. a neg. spṛśya tangible.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aspṛśya (अस्पृश्य):—[=a-spṛśya] [from a-sparśa] mfn. not to be touched, [Harivaṃśa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] not tangible, [Mahābhārata xiv, 610]
3) [v.s. ...] n. intangibleness, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
4) Āśpṛśya (आश्पृश्य):—[=ā-śpṛśya] [from ā-spṛś] [indeclinable participle] having touched softly, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAspṛśya (अस्पृश्य):—[a-spṛśya] (śyaḥ-śyā-śyaṃ) a. Not to be touched, intangible.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Aspṛśya (अस्पृश्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Acchippa, Achippa, Aphusa.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAspṛśya (अस्पृश्य) [Also spelled asprashy]:—(a) untouchable; ~[tā] (the system and practice of) untouchability.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAspṛśya (ಅಸ್ಪೃಶ್ಯ):—
1) [adjective] not to be touched.
2) [adjective] that cannot be touched; untouchable; intangible.
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Aspṛśya (ಅಸ್ಪೃಶ್ಯ):—[noun] 'in India, any member of the lowest castes, whose touch was regarded as defiling to higher-caste Hindus: (such discrimination against these people (now called Scheduled Castes) was officially abolished in 1955).'
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Asprishyakaru, Asprishyate, Asprishyatva, Asprishyavarga.
Ends with: Upasprishya.
Full-text: Aphusa, Asprishyatva, Achippa, Acchippa, Asparsha, Asprashy, Sprish.
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