Anilashin, Anilāśin, Anila-ashin: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Anilāśin can be transliterated into English as Anilasin or Anilashin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnilāśin (अनिलाशिन्).—a. [anilamaśnātīti]
1) feeding on the wind, fasting.
2) a serpent. आर्जवेन विजानामि नासौ देवोऽनिलाशन (ārjavena vijānāmi nāsau devo'nilāśana) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.36.5.
Anilāśin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anila and āśin (आशिन्). See also (synonyms): anilāśana.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnilāśin (अनिलाशिन्).—mfn. (-śī-śinī-śi) Fasting, lit. feeding on the wind. E. anila, and aśin who eats.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Anilāśin (अनिलाशिन्):—[from anila] mfn. ‘feeding on the wind’, fasting
2) [v.s. ...] m. a snake, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] cf. vāyu-bhakṣa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnilāśin (अनिलाशिन्):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-śī-śinī-śi) Feeding on the wind, fasting. E. anila and āśin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnilāśin (अनिलाशिन्):—[anilā+śin] (śī-śinī-śi) a. Fasting.
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Partial matches: Ashin, Anila.
Full-text: Anilashana.
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