Anas, Anās, Anás: 11 definitions

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Introduction:

Anas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Anas in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Faidherbia albida in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acacia mossambicensis Bolle (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Description de l’Égypte, … Histoire Naturelle (1813)
· Life among the Hereros in Africa. (1922)
· Common Names of South African Plants. (1966)
· A Study of the Kanuri Language. (1937)
· Pocket Dictionary: Thonga (Shangaan)-English and English-Tonga (Shangaan). (1909)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1987)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Anas, for example extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anas (अनस्).—n. [aniti śabdāyate ana-asun]

1) A cart; तद्यथानः सुसमाहितमुत्सर्जद्यायादेवमेवायं शारीर आत्मा (tadyathānaḥ susamāhitamutsarjadyāyādevamevāyaṃ śārīra ātmā)... Bṛ. Āri. Up.3.35. उद्गाता चाप्यनः क्रये (udgātā cāpyanaḥ kraye) Manusmṛti 8.29; मुसलोलूरवलाऽनसाम् (musalolūravalā'nasām) (prokṣaṇam) Y.1.184,3.269. Śiśupālavadha 12.26.

2) [aniti jīvatyanena] Food, boiled rice.

3) Birth.

4) A living being.

5) A kitchen.

6) A parent (father or mother); said to be f. in these two senses. At the end of Avyayībhāva comp. अनस् (anas) is changed to अनस (anasa); as अध्यनसम् (adhyanasam) &c.; also at the end of Tat. Comp.; महानसम् (mahānasam) &c.

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Anās (अनास्).—a. [āsyate nirāsyate ṣṭhīvanamanena iti āḥ mukhaṃ, tannāsti sādhanatvena asya] Without mouth or face; अनासो दस्युँरमृणो वधेन (anāso dasyuṃramṛṇo vadhena) Ṛgveda 5.29.1. (Names of demons.) Without the power of speech (āsyavyāpāraśabdarahita).

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

Anas (अनस्).—n.

(-naḥ) 1. A cart. 2. Boiled rice. 3. A mother. 4. Birth. 5. Life, breath E. an to live, asun aff.

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

Anas (अनस्).—n. A cart, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 209.

— Cf. [Latin] onus.

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

Anas (अनस्).—[neuter] cart, (heavy) waggon.

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

1) Anas (अनस्):—n. (√an, [Uṇādi-sūtra]), a cart, [Ṛg-veda] etc.

2) a mother, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) birth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) off spring, living creature, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) boiled rice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) Anās (अनास्):—[=an-ās] mfn. having no mouth or face (Name of demons), [Ṛg-veda v, 29, 10.]

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

Anas (अनस्):—n.

(-naḥ) 1) A cart, esp. one made of wood and tied over with cloth.

2) Boiled rice (cf. anna and andhas).

3) A mother.

4) Birth.

5) A living being, an animal. (The final s of this word is changed sometimes to r or ḍ; see anarviś, anaḍuh.— Avyayībhāva compounds, or according to others, also other compounds, the latter part of which is anas, assume the samāsānta aff. ṭac, e. g. upānasam, mahānasa (qq. vv.). E. an, uṇ. aff. asun.

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

Anas (अनस्):—(naḥ) 5. n. A cart; life.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Anas (अनस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anas in German

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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.

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Jataka 451: Cakka-Vāka-jātaka < [Volume 4]

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