Amritashana, Amṛtāśana, Amrita-ashana: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Amṛtāśana can be transliterated into English as Amrtasana or Amritashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAmṛtāśana (अमृताशन).—m. 'one whose food is nectar'; a god, an immortal.
Derivable forms: amṛtāśanaḥ (अमृताशनः).
Amṛtāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amṛta and aśana (अशन). See also (synonyms): amṛtāndhas, amṛtāśin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmṛtāśana (अमृताशन).—m.
(-naḥ) A deity. E. As before, aśana eating.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmṛtāśana (अमृताशन):—[from a-mṛta > a-mūla] m. amṛta-prāśana q.v., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmṛtāśana (अमृताशन):—[amṛtā+śana] (naḥ) 1. m. Idem.
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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 corpusAmṛtāśana (ಅಮೃತಾಶನ):—
1) [noun] one whose food is ambrosia; a god.
2) [noun] ambrosia or milk, as the food.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Asana, Amrita.
Full-text: Amritandhas, Amritashin.
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