Adasa, Ādāsa, Adāsa: 13 definitions
Introduction:
Adasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, biology. 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Adasa in India is the name of a plant defined with Lens culinaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lens culinaris Medik. (among others).
2) Adasa in Indonesia is also identified with Foeniculum vulgare It has the synonym Anethum pannorium Roxburgh (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Atoll Res. Bull. (1983)
· Vorlesungen der Churpfälzischen physicalisch-öconomischen Gesellschaft (1787)
· Forest Research (China) (1990)
· Informatore Botanico Italiano (1988)
· Deutsche Flora. Pharmaceutisch-medicinische Botanik (1882)
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (5954)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Adasa, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryādāsa : (m.) mirror.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAdāsa, (prob. = adaṃsa, from ḍasati to bite, cp. dāṭhā tooth; lit meaning “toothless” or “not biting”) a kind of bird J.IV, 466. (Page 25)
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Ādāsa, (Sk. ādarśa, ā + dṛś, P. dass, of dassati1 2) a mirror Vin.II, 107; D.I, 7, 11 (°pañha mirror-questioning, cp. DA.I, 97: “ādāse devataṃ otaretvā pañha-pucchanaṃ”), 80; II, 93 (dhamna’-ādāsaṃ nāma dhamma-pariyāyaṃ desessāmi); S.V, 357 (id.); A.V, 92, 97 sq., 103; J.I, 504; Dhs.617 (°maṇḍala); Vism.591 (in simile); KhA 50 (°daṇḍa) 237; DhA.I, 226.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryaḍasa (अडस).—a (aḍaṇēṃ) Tight; that which (a nail, peg, plug &c.) enters with difficulty and fits closely. 2 Tight; that in which a nail, peg &c. enters with difficulty--an orifice or a hole.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishaḍasa (अडस).—a Tight.
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 dictionaryAdāsa (अदास).—A free man; Manusmṛti 1.32.
Derivable forms: adāsaḥ (अदासः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdasa (अदस).—mfn.
(-asau-asau-adaḥ) 1. This. 2. That.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdāsa (अदास).—m. not being a slave, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 32.
Adāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and dāsa (दास).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdāsa (अदास).—[masculine] not a slave, a free man.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdāsa (अदास):—[=a-dāsa] m. ‘not a slave’, a free man.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdāsa (अदास):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-saḥ) Not a slave, a free man. E. a neg. and dāsa.
[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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: A, Dasa, Taca.
Starts with (+20): Adasaage, Adasaka, Adasala, Adasalu, Adasalubadasalu, Adasamandapa, Adasamukha, Adasana, Adasanandapa, Adasandhi, Adasanem, Adasangada, Adasangada-di, Adasangadi, Adasangadim, Adasantha, Adasara, Adasaram, Adasaramu, Adasarane.
Ends with (+215): Acaladasa, Achyutadasa, Acyutadasa, Adityadasa, Amatadasa, Amkadasa, Amshadasha, Anantadasa, Annadasa, Antakrastadasha, Anuttaropapatikadasha, Anyadasha, Apadasha, Ardhapancadasha, Ardhasaptadasha, Arkadasa, Arthadasa, Ashtadasha, Ashvadvadasha, Avadasha.
Full-text: Dhammadasa, Kunta, Adasaka, Dhammajala, Tanhadasa, Adasatala, Hadasa, Sheshanaga, Balbutha, Tala.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.38.3 < [Sukta 38]
Is There Bhakti Rasa in Mahabharata? < [January – March, 1997]
Some Thoughts on the Veda and its Study < [January – March, 1978]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 353 - Greatness of Bhalla Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 257: Gāmaṇi-Caṇḍa-jātaka < [Book III - Tika-Nipāta]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter XCVI - Origin of mixed castes < [Agastya Samhita]