Amasaya, Ama-ashaya, Āmāsaya, Āmāśaya, Amashaya: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Āmāśaya can be transliterated into English as Amasaya or Amashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Amashy.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsĀmāśaya (आमाशय):—[āmāśayaḥ] Stomach - A dilated sac like distensable portion of alimentary canal between the oesophagus and the duodenum which contains partially digested food. It is a major seat of Pitta.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraĀmāśaya (आमाशय) refers to the “stomach”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 31).—Accordingly, “What is the impurity of the place of birth? Head (śiras), feet (pāda), belly (udara), back (pṛṣṭha), thighs (pārśva), that which is called a woman’s body (strī-kāya) is a collection of impure things. Inwardly, it contains a stomach (āmāśaya), a belly (pakvāśaya), excrement (viṣ), urine (mūtra) and [other] impurities (aśuci). Outwardly (bahirdhā), there is a wind (vāta) conditioned by the afflictions (kleśa) and actions (karman), a wind that blows on the seed-consciousness (vijñānabīja) and introduces it within the two viscera. During eight or nine months, the seed-consciousness dwells in a pit of excrement and urine (vinmūtragarta). [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryāmāsaya : (m.) stomach.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryĀmāsaya, (āma2 + āsaya, cp. Sk. āmāśaya & āmāśraya) receptacle of undigested food, i. e. the stomach Vism.260; KhA 59. Opp. pakkāsaya. (Page 104)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀmāśaya (आमाशय).—[āmasyāpakvānnasyāśayaḥ] 'receptacle of undigested food', the upper part of the belly to the navel, stomach.
Derivable forms: āmāśayaḥ (आमाशयः).
Āmāśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āma and āśaya (आशय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀmāśaya (आमाशय).—m.
(-yaḥ) The stomach. E. āma hardness of the fæces, &c. and āśaya a station.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmāśaya (अमाशय).—m. the part of the belly about the navel.
Amāśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ama and āśaya (आशय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀmāśaya (आमाशय):—[from āma] m. the receptacle of the undigested food, the upper part of the belly as far as the navel, stomach, [Mahābhārata; Yājñavalkya; Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀmāśaya (आमाशय):—[āmā+śaya] (yaḥ) 1. m. The stomach.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryĀmāśaya (आमाशय) [Also spelled amashy]:—(nm) stomach.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusĀmāśaya (ಆಮಾಶಯ):—
1) [noun] that part of the belly which holds undigested food or imperfect chyme.
2) [noun] the large, saclike organ of vertebrates into which food passes from the oesophagus or gullet for storage while undergoing the early processes of digestion; stomach.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryĀmāśaya (आमाशय):—n. stomach;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Aama, Ashaya, Ama.
Starts with: Amacayam, Amasayaphala.
Full-text: Ashaya, Amacayam, Pakvashaya, Amashay, Amashy, Vayinanacayam, Pancacayam, Pakkashaya, Ranjakapitta, Parshva, Strikaya, Stri, Pitta, Adhara.
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