Annadosha, Annadoṣa, Anna-dosha: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Annadoṣa can be transliterated into English as Annadosa or Annadosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Annadoṣa (अन्नदोष).—

1) sin arising from eating prohibited food; Manusmṛti 5.4.

2) a defect in the food eaten; derangement of food or the humours of the body; आलस्यादन्नदोषाच्च मृत्युर्विप्राञ् जिघांसति (ālasyādannadoṣācca mṛtyurviprāñ jighāṃsati) Manusmṛti 5.4.

Derivable forms: annadoṣaḥ (अन्नदोषः).

Annadoṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anna and doṣa (दोष).

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

Annadoṣa (अन्नदोष).—m. an offence in diet, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 4. Karmadoṣa, i. e.

Annadoṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anna and doṣa (दोष).

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

Annadoṣa (अन्नदोष).—[masculine] fault committed by eating forbidden food.

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

Annadoṣa (अन्नदोष):—[=anna-doṣa] [from anna] m. a fault committed by eating prohibited food, [Manu-smṛti v, 4.]

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

Annadoṣa (अन्नदोष):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-ṣaḥ) A sin committed with reference to the laws of diet, e. g. by eating garlick, onions, mushrooms or other prohibited articles of food. E. anna and doṣa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Annadosha 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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