Alas, Alash: 4 definitions
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Alas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAlas (अलस्).—a. Not shining.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀlaṣ (आलष्) or Abhilaṣ or Samabhilaṣ.—& pari = [Simple]
Ālaṣ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and laṣ (लष्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Alas (अलस्):—[=a-las] mfn. (√las), not shining, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Ālaṣ (आलष्):—[=ā-√laṣ] [Ātmanepada] -laṣate, to desire, lust after, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 13, 6.]
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) Alas in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) slothful, lazy, sluggish; slackened..—alas (अलस) is alternatively transliterated as Alasa.
2) Alas in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) laziness, lethargy..—alas (आलस) is alternatively transliterated as Ālasa.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+72): Alacakam, Alacati, Alaci, Alaciyam, Alacu, Alas doce, Alasa, Alasa-talasa, Alasaayo, Alasabde, Alasabhava, Alasabhondara, Alasada, Alasaga, Alasagamana, Alasagamane, Alasagami, Alasagamini, Alasai, Alasaia.
Ends with (+10): Akar empalas, Balas, Banpalas, Bel-palas, Bhutyapalas, Butyakalas, Calas, Chalas, Climbing palas, Dahi palas, Dahipalas, Dahiphalas, Dhaipalas, Dvarapalas, Empalas, Gadha palas, Ijalas, Kala palas, Kalapalas, Kalas.
Full-text (+138): Alasa, Shipha, Hantokti, Kashta, Tobatoba, Hanta, Catakani, Alasa-talasa, Dhik, Ahaya Ahaya, Abbhumme, A las quatro, Samabhilash, Abhilash, Lompong alas, A las doce, Lasusha, Nihshamam, Sajjala, Randu alas.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.5.3 < [Chapter 5 - The Liberation of Bakāsura]
Verse 2.23.34 < [Chapter 23 - The Killing of Śaṅkhacūḍa During the Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verse 5.24.32 < [Chapter 24 - The Killing of the Kola Demon]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XVIII < [Kicaka-badha Parva]
Section 10 < [Sauptika Parva]
Section XXXVIII < [Naradagamana Parva]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 12: Attainment of disgust with existence < [Chapter II]
Part 13: Sermon on the four gatis: gods < [Chapter IV - Padmaprabhacaritra]
Part 13: Sermon on the four gatis: humans < [Chapter IV - Padmaprabhacaritra]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.134 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.1.82 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 1.6.48 < [Chapter 6 - Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.16.308 < [Chapter 16 - The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura]
Verse 2.12.7 < [Chapter 12 - The Glories of Nityānanda]
Verse 2.5.75 < [Chapter 5 - Lord Nityānanda’s Vyāsa-pūjā Ceremony and His Darśana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 31 - Lamentations of Kamsa’s Wives < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 109 - Pradyumna Goes to Dvaraka and His Parents Recognize Him < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 12 - Krishna Subdues Kalya < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]