Abhilashana, Abhilaṣaṇa: 3 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Abhilaṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Abhilasana or Abhilashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhilaṣaṇa (अभिलषण).—Desiring, longing.

Derivable forms: abhilaṣaṇam (अभिलषणम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhilaṣaṇa (अभिलषण):—[=abhi-laṣaṇa] [from abhi-laṣ] n. craving after, desiring.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhilaṣaṇa (अभिलषण):—[tatpurusha compound] 1. n.

(-ṇam) Wishing, desiring. E. laṣ with abhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ. 2. m. f. n.

(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇam) Covetous (?) (according to Hemach.'s Dhātupar. s. v. laṣ: bhūṣākrodhārthetyane abhilaṣaṇaḥ, the quoted Sūtra corresponding with Pāṇ. Iii. 2. 151.; but it does not appear how the radical laṣ with abhi belongs to the category bhūṣārtha or krodhārtha). E. laṣ with abhi, kṛt aff. yuc.

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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.

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