Aghanashana, Aghanāśana, Agha-nashana: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aghanāśana can be transliterated into English as Aghanasana or Aghanashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAghanāśana (अघनाशन).—a. [aghaṃ nāśayati] expiatory, destroying sin (such as gifts, muttering holy prayers &c.).
-naḥ destroyer of the demon अघ (agha); Name of Kṛṣṇa.
Aghanāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agha and nāśana (नाशन). See also (synonyms): aghanāśa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAghanāśana (अघनाशन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nī-naṃ) Purifying, freeing from sin. m.
(-naḥ) 1. A name of Vishnu 2. An expiator. a, agha and nāśana destroyer.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAghanāśana (अघनाशन):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m. f. n.
(-naḥ-nī-nam) Purifying, free-ing from sin. Ii. m.
(-naḥ) 1) An expiator.
2) A name of Viṣṇu. E. agha and nāśana.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAghanāśana (अघनाशन):—[agha-nāśana] (naḥ) 1. m. Vishnu; an expiator of sin; n. Expiation.
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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Partial matches: Nasana, Agha.
Full-text: Aghanasha.
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