Amamsha, Āmāṃśa, Amāṃsa: 9 definitions

Introduction:

Amamsha 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.

The Sanskrit term Āmāṃśa can be transliterated into English as Amamsa or Amamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

āmāṃśa (आमांश).—m (S) Undigested food remaining in the bowels or stomach. 2 Affection of the bowels in consequence. 3 The loose or crude matter voided.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

āmāṃśa (आमांश).—m Undigested food remaining in the bowels; affection of the bowels in consequence.

context information

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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Amāṃsa (अमांस).—a.

1) Without flesh, not containing flesh.

2) Lean, thin, weak, enfeebled.

-sam Not flesh, anything but flesh.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Amāṃsa (अमांस).—mfn.

(-saḥ-sā-saṃ) Feeble, thin. E. a neg. and māṃsa flesh. Also amāṃsala.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Amāṃsa (अमांस):—[=a-māṃsa] n. not flesh, anything but flesh, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. without flesh, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] feeble, thin, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Amāṃsa (अमांस):—[a-māṃsa] (saḥ-sā-saṃ) a. Feeble; thin.

[Sanskrit to German]

Amamsha in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Amāṃsa (ಅಮಾಂಸ):—[adjective] very lean and slender; emaciated.

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Amāṃsa (ಅಮಾಂಸ):—[noun] that which is not flesh.

context information

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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