Anasa, Ānasā, Anāśa, Anāsa, Ānasa, Anāsā, Anasha: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Anasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, 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.
The Sanskrit term Anāśa can be transliterated into English as Anasa or Anasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Anasa (अनस).—(ASAṂGA). A brother of Akrūra. (Bhāgavata, Daśama Skandha).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Biology (plants and animals)
Anasa in India is the name of a plant defined with Ananas comosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bromelia viridis (Mill.) Schult. & Schult.f. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Systema Vegetabilium
· Fl. Bras. (1892)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1934)
· Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 (1895)
· Edwards's Botanical Register, or Flower Garden and Shrubbery (1968)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Anasa, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
ānasā (आनसा).—a (Poetry.) Another, other, different.
ānasā (आनसा).—a (In poetry) Another; different.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Anāśa (अनाश).—a. [na. ba. nāsti āśā yasya]
1) Hopeless, despon-dent. -2 [नास्ति नाशो यस्य (nāsti nāśo yasya)] Imperishable, living, dent.
2) [nāsti nāśo yasya] Imperishable, living, undestroyed.
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Anāsa (अनास).—a. Noseless.
See also (synonyms): anāsikā.
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Ānasa (आनस).—a. (-sī f.) [अनसः शकटस्य पितुर्वा इदं अण् (anasaḥ śakaṭasya piturvā idaṃ aṇ)] Ved.
1) Belonging to a waggon or cart.
2) Belonging to a father.
1) Aṇasa (अणस):—[from aṇ] m. a bird, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Anāśa (अनाश):—[=an-āśa] 1. an-āśa mfn. ([from] āśā), hopeless, despairing.
3) [=a-nāśa] 2. a-nāśa mfn. (√2. naś), undestroyed, living.
4) Anāsa (अनास):—[=a-nāsa] mfn. noseless.
5) Ānasa (आनस):—mfn. ([from] anas), belonging to a waggon, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
6) belonging to a father, [Tārānātha tarkavācaspati’s Vācaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary]
Anāśa (अनाश):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-śaḥ-śā-śam) I. Without hope, hope-less. E. a priv. and āśā. Ii. Not dead, living. E. a priv. and nāśa. The latter meaning is artificial.
Anasa (अनस):—s. u. anas 1. am Ende.
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Ānasa (आनस):—(von anas) adj. zum Lastwagen gehörig: dvayāni vai vānaspatyāni cakrāṇi rathyāni cānasāni ca [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5, 4, 3, 16.]
Anasa (अनस):—n. = anas 1).
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Ānaśa (आनश):—, ānaśus , ānaśe , ānaśma und ānaśyām Perfect-Formen von 1. aś.
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Ānasa (आनस):—Adj. zum Lastwagen gehörig.
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Ānāśa (आनाश):—3te Sg. Perf. von 1. aś.
Anāśa (अनाश) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇāsaya.
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
Anāsa (अनास):—(a) snub-nosed.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Anāsa (ಅನಾಸ):—[noun] a race of people, with flat nose, who were slighted by Ārya people.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
anāsā (အနာသာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[na+āsā]
[န+အာသာ]
[Pali to Burmese]
anāsā—
(Burmese text): (၁) မမြှော်လင့်-မတောင့်တ-ခြင်း၊ မရနိုးခြင်း။ (တိ) (၂) မြှော်လင့်-တောင့်တ-ခြင်း မရှိသော၊ သူ။ နိရာသ-ကြည့်။ (၃) မြှော်လင့်-တောင့်တ-ခြင်း မရှိရာအရပ်။ အနာသာယိတဋ္ဌာန-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Unforeseen - unprepared - oblivious. (2) One who is without expectations and patience. Look at the details. (3) A place where there are no expectations and patience. Reflect on the consequences.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Nasa, Asha, An, A, Na.
Starts with (+16): Anacaktan, Anacakti, Anacanam, Anacanaviratam, Anasa-pandu, Anasadaniya, Anasadayant, Anasadita, Anasaditavigraha, Anasadya, Anasahannu, Anasaka, Anasakatta, Anasakt, Anasakta, Anasakte, Anasakti, Anasaktiyoga, Anasampanna, Anasamsi.
Full-text (+1): Mahanasa, Asha, Anasaka, Uppajjanakaanasa, Anasika, Anasa-pandu, Anasaya, Anasayitatthana, Anokaha, Anashasta, Anashya, Nasamaujas, Nasara, Anashin, Dasyu, Civara, Rakta, Anas, Lasa, Ash.
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