Anashu, Anāśu: 9 definitions

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Anashu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, 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 Anāśu can be transliterated into English as Anasu or Anashu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Anasu (“ferrule”) is one of the gotras (clans) among the Kurnis (a tribe of South India). Kurni is, according to the Census Report 1901, “a corruption of kuri (sheep) and vanni (wool), the caste having been originally weavers of wool”. The gotras (viz., Anasu) are described as being of the Brāhman, Kshatriya, and Vaisya sub-divisions of the caste, and of Shanmukha’s Sudra caste.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Anasu 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 communis Lam. (among others).

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

· An Interpretation of Rumphius’s Herbarium Amboinense (1917)
· Fl. Bras. (1892)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 (1895)
· Tabl. Encycl. (1819)
· Agronomia (1913)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anāśu (अनाशु).—a. [naś uṇ na. ta.]

1) Imperishable, indestructible.

2) [aś, uṇ, na. ta.] Not pervading or occupying.

3) [na-āśu] Not quick, slow.

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

Anāśu (अनाशु).—[adjective] not quick, slow.

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

1) Anāśu (अनाशु):—[=an-āśu] mfn. not quick, slow, [Ṛg-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] not having quick horses, [Ṛg-veda i, 135, 9] ([Sāyaṇa] derives the word in the last sense from √2. naś, or √1. : a-naśu or an-āśu).

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

Anāśu (अनाशु):—m. f. n.

(-śuḥ-śuḥ-śu) I. [tatpurusha compound] Not quick, slow. E. a neg. and āśu. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] (ved.) Without destruction, indestructible, unchecked (as horses going extremely fast). This meaning seems doubtful. E. a priv. and nāśu(?).

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Anashu in German

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṇasu (ಅಣಸು):—[verb] to encircle or encroach for conquest, plunder, subdue etc.; to invade.

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Aṇasu (ಅಣಸು):—

1) [noun] that part of a weapon, an instrument or an apparatus, designed to be grasped by the hand; a handle.

2) [noun] the back end-portion of an arrow, which sits on the bow-string.

3) [noun] an ornamental metal-cone, used to embellish the horns of cattle or the tusk of elephants or a metal ring fitted at the end of a pounding-pestle.

4) [noun] the place where two things meet (like a hinge) with the facility to move back and forth; a joint.

5) [noun] the tip of a blade, sword, etc.

6) [noun] the state of condition of being joined.

7) [noun] the act of rubbing.

8) [noun] a wooden stand having holes to hang ladles, spoons, etc.

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Aṇasu (ಅಣಸು):—[noun] a contrivance for stopping the flow of a liquid.

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Anasu (ಅನಸು):—[noun] a shoot sprouting from the short stumps of grain, corn etc, left standing after harvesting; a stubble-sprout.

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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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