Sarasana, Sārasana, Sāraśana, Sharasana, Shara-asana, Sarashana: 15 definitions
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Sarasana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, 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 term Sāraśana can be transliterated into English as Sarasana or Sarashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Sarsna.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaŚarāsana (शरासन).—See under Citraśarāsana.
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesŚarāsana (शरासन) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.108.4) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Śarāsana) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: WikiPedia: HinduismSarasana (सरसन): One of the Kaurava brothers who died in the war.
India history and geography
Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Sarāsaṇa (सरासण) refers to one of the various shops or “market places” (Sanskrit: Haṭṭa, Prakrit: Cauhaṭṭa) for a medieval town in ancient India, which were vividly depicted in Kathās (narrative poems), for example, by Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā.—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] In the Kuvalayamālā, some names of shops according to articles displayed in them is given, [i.e., sarāsaṇa] [...] Thus Uddyotana has in his view a complete form of a medieval market place with the number of lines full of different commodities.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśarāsana (शरासन).—n S (That throws or ejects arrows.) A bow. 2 Shooting arrows.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishśarāsana (शरासन).—n A bow; shooting arrows.
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 dictionarySārasana (सारसन).—
1) A girdle or zone; सारशनं महानहिः (sāraśanaṃ mahānahiḥ) Kirātārjunīya 18.32.
2) A military girdle; स्वर्णसारसनालम्बि-कौक्षेयक- कृतश्रियम् (svarṇasārasanālambi-kaukṣeyaka- kṛtaśriyam) Śiva. B.29.19 (klībe sāraśanaṃ cātha puṃskaṭhyāṃ śṛṅkhalaṃ triṣu Ak.).
3) A breast-plate.
Derivable forms: sārasanam (सारसनम्).
See also (synonyms): sāraśana.
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Śarāsana (शरासन).—an arrowshooter, a bow; शरासनं तेषु विकृष्यतामिदम् (śarāsanaṃ teṣu vikṛṣyatāmidam) Ś.6.28; R.3.52; Kumārasambhava 3.64.
Derivable forms: śarāsanam (शरासनम्).
Śarāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śara and asana (असन). See also (synonyms): śarāsya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚarāsana (शरासन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. A bow. 2. Shooting arrows. E. śara, as to throw, aff. lyuṭ .
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Sārasana (सारसन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. A woman’s zone or girdle, formed of twenty-five strings. 2. A military belt or girdle worn round the waist or chest, upon the coat of mail, to bind it to the body. E. sāra strength, and ṣaṇ to give, aff. ac, or as to diffuse, aff. lyuṭ; also sāraśana .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚarāsana (शरासन).—i. e. śara-asana, n. 1. Shooting arrows. 2. A bow, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 70.
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Sārasana (सारसन).—i. e. sa-rasana + a, n. A girdle, [Kirātārjunīya] 18, 32.
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Śarāsana (शरासन).—n. a bow.
Śarāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śara and asana (असन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySārasana (सारसन).—[neuter] girdle.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śarāsana (शरासन):—[from śara] m. ‘shooting ar°’, Name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] n. a bow, [ib.; Kāvya literature] etc.
3) Saraśana (सरशन):—[=sa-raśana] [from sa > sa-rakta] mfn. having a girdle or together with the g°, [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra]
4) Sāraśana (सारशन):—[wrong reading] for sārasana.
5) Sārasana (सारसन):—m. (also written sāraś and perhaps for sa-raśana) a woman’s zone or girdle (said to be formed of 25 strings), [Śiśupāla-vadha]
6) a military belt or girdle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) a breast-plate, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śarāsana (शरासन):—[śarā+sana] (naṃ) 1. n. A bow.
2) Sārasana (सारसन):—(naṃ) 1. n. A woman’s zone; a military belt.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 dictionary1) Sarasanā (सरसना) [Also spelled sarsna]:—(v) to flourish, to prosper; to acquire fullness; to be in full bloom; to be full of relish/charm.
2) Sarasānā (सरसाना):—(v) to cause to flourish/prosper/acquire fullness; to be full of relish/charm, to be in full bloom.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚarāsana (ಶರಾಸನ):—[noun] a bow, on which arrows are placed (to be shot).
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Sārasana (ಸಾರಸನ):—[noun] an encircling band of metal, esp. of gold or silver, for a woman’s waist; a girdle.
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)
Partial matches: Rasana, Sara, Sha, Asana, Ca, Cara.
Starts with: Sharasanadhara, Sharasanagama, Sharasanajya, Sharasanam, Sharasanavid.
Ends with: Atteshusharasana, Chitrasharasana, Citrasharasana, Ikshusharasana, Kusumasharasana, Pratisharasana, Pushpasharasana, Sasharasana, Shakrasharasana, Shunasirasharasana, Sudhasarasana, Surarajasharasana.
Full-text (+16): Shakrasharasana, Pushpasharasana, Sharasanam, Sarasya, Sharasanadhara, Sharasanavid, Sharasanajya, Pratisharasana, Kusumasharasana, Shaundi, Putpacaracanan, Shunasirasharasana, Pushpacaracanan, Citracapa, Surarajasharasana, Sasharasana, Citrasharasana, Sarsna, Sharasanin, Vikrish.
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