Asvadaniya, Āsvādanīya: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀsvādanīya (आस्वादनीय).—(1) adj. (gdve.) enjoyable, pleasant (of sounds): Mahāvyutpatti 391 °nīyo ghoṣeṇa (of Tathāgata); (2) subst. (also svādanīya, q.v., in same use) only noted in triple dvandva [compound] khādanīya-bhojanīyāsvādanīya (Mahāvastu i.38.7 °bhojanīya-āsvādanīyena), in which this third element (after hard food and soft food) may perhaps mean con- diments, or savories; Tibetan on Lalitavistara 2.22 myaṅ ba, to be tasted: Lalitavistara 2.22 (text corrupt); 58.5—6; Mahāvastu i.38.7; Śikṣāsamuccaya 208.2 (Bendall and Rouse to relish). The gdve. assādanīya exists in Pali and assāyaṇijja in AMg. (tasteful; full of relish, [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]), but no equivalent of the word seems to be recorded elsewhere in the [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] meanings.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀsvādanīya (आस्वादनीय):—[=ā-svādanīya] [from ā-svad] mfn. pleasant, [Mahā-vyutpatti]
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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryĀsvādanīya (आस्वादनीय):—adj. appetizing;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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