Alpasu, Alpāsu, Alpa-asu: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAlpāsu (अल्पासु).—°प्राण (prāṇa) q. v.
Alpāsu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms alpa and asu (असु).
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Alpāsu (अल्पासु).—a. having little power or strength, having short breath, asthmatic; °णश्च क्रियासु भवति (ṇaśca kriyāsu bhavati) Suśr. (-ṇaḥ) 1 slight breathing or weak aspiration.
2) (in gram.) a name given to the unaspirated letters of the alphabet (in pronouncing which little effort is required); अयुग्मा वर्गयमगा यणश्चाल्पासवः स्मृताः (ayugmā vargayamagā yaṇaścālpāsavaḥ smṛtāḥ) Sk. i. e. the vowels, semivowels, nasals and the letters क् च् ट् त् प् ग् ज् ड् द् ब् (k c ṭ t p g j ḍ d b).
Alpāsu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms alpa and asu (असु). See also (synonyms): alpaprāṇa.
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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Starts with: Alpasukha, Alpasukhashi, Alpasukhita, Alpasunu, Alpasuta.
Ends with: Kalpasu.
Full-text: Alpaprana.
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