Anayushya, Anāyuṣya: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Anāyuṣya can be transliterated into English as Anayusya or Anayushya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anāyuṣya (अनायुष्य).—a. [āyuṣe na hitam na. ta.] Not giving long life, fatal to long life (such as excessive food, sexual union &c.); अनारोग्यमनायुष्यमस्वर्ग्यं चातिभोजनम् (anārogyamanāyuṣyamasvargyaṃ cātibhojanam) Manusmṛti 2.57 नहीदृश- मनायुष्यं लोके किञ्चन विद्यते । यादृशं पुरुषस्येह परदारोपसेवनम् (nahīdṛśa- manāyuṣyaṃ loke kiñcana vidyate | yādṛśaṃ puruṣasyeha paradāropasevanam) || 4.134.

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

Anāyuṣya (अनायुष्य).—adj. prejudicial to long life, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 57.

Anāyuṣya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms an and āyuṣya (आयुष्य).

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

Anāyuṣya (अनायुष्य).—[adjective] not imparting i.e. shortening life.

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

Anāyuṣya (अनायुष्य):—[=an-āyuṣya] [from an-āyus] mfn. not imparting long life, fatal to long life.

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

Anāyuṣya (अनायुष्य):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-ṣyaḥ-ṣyā-ṣyam) Not giving long life, destructive of life, fatal. E. a neg. and āyuṣya.

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Anayushya 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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