Agrasana, Agrāsana, Agra-asana, Agrashana: 7 definitions
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Agrasana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryagrāsana (अग्रासन).—n (S agra Chief, āsana Seat.) The chief seat at assemblies; the chair.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishagrāsana (अग्रासन).—n The chief seat at assemblies.
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 dictionaryAgrāsana (अग्रासन).—First seat of honour; मामग्रासनतोऽवकृष्टमवशम् (māmagrāsanato'vakṛṣṭamavaśam) Mu.1.12.
Derivable forms: agrāsanam (अग्रासनम्).
Agrāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agra and āsana (आसन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Agrāśana (अग्राशन):—[from agra] mfn. eating before another ([ablative]), [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
2) Agrāsana (अग्रासन):—[from agra] n. seat of honour.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAgrāsana (ಅಗ್ರಾಸನ):—
1) [noun] = ಅಗ್ರಹಾರ - [agrahara -]1; 2) an exclusive dining hall meant for Brāhmaṇas (esp. in a temple or in public functions).
2) [noun] the system of servicing so the Brāhmaṇas with food.
3) [noun] the meal so served.
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Agrāsana (ಅಗ್ರಾಸನ):—
1) [noun] the first seat; the seat of honour; a position of highest honour.
2) [noun] the presidential chair and position.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Anilagrasana.
Full-text: Akkiracanam.
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