Ardhasana, Ardhāsana, Ardha-asana, Ardhashana, Ardhaśana, Ardha-shana: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ardhaśana can be transliterated into English as Ardhasana or Ardhashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryardhāsana (अर्धासन).—n (S) A half-seat; a seat shared with another; co-assessorship (as of husband and wife, of two friends, of the king and an honored subject). Hence, 2 Great honor confered or familiar intimacy enjoyed.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishardhāsana (अर्धासन).—n A half-seat, a seat shared with another.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryArdhāsana (अर्धासन).—
1) half a seat; अर्धासनं गोत्रभिदोऽधितष्ठौ (ardhāsanaṃ gotrabhido'dhitaṣṭhau) R.6.73; मम हि दिवौकसां समक्षमर्धासनोपवेशितस्य (mama hi divaukasāṃ samakṣamardhāsanopaveśitasya) Ś.7 (it being considered a mark of a very great respect to make room for a guest &c. on the same seat with oneself).
2) greeting kindly or with great respect.
3) exemption from censure.
Derivable forms: ardhāsanam (अर्धासनम्).
Ardhāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ardha and āsana (आसन).
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Ardhaśana (अर्धशन).—[ardhamaśanasya śakandhvā°] half a meal.
Derivable forms: ardhaśanam (अर्धशनम्).
Ardhaśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ardha and śana (शन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryArdhaśana (अर्धशन) or Arddhaśana.—n.
(-naṃ) Half a meal. E. ardha, and aśana eating, also arddhāśana.
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Ardhāśana (अर्धाशन) or Arddhāśana.—n.
(-naṃ) Half a meal. Also ardhaśana.
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Ardhāsana (अर्धासन) or Arddhāsana.—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Exemption from censure. 2. Greeting kindly or with respect, placing on the same seat. E. ardha, and āsa to remain, affix lyuṭ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryArdhāsana (अर्धासन).—n. half a seat, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 97, 10.
Ardhāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ardha and āsana (आसन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ardhāśana (अर्धाशन):—n. half a meal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Ardhāsana (अर्धासन):—n. half a seat (it is considered a mark of high respect to make room for a guest on one’s own seat), [Śākaṭāyana; Raghuvaṃśa vi, 73, etc.]
3) greeting kindly, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusArdhāsana (ಅರ್ಧಾಸನ):—[noun] half portion of a seat (considered a mark of high respect to invite a guest to sit in the half portion of one’s seat along with him).
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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Partial matches: Shana, Ardha, Asana.
Ends with: Adhyardhashana.
Full-text: Arddhashana, Asana, Adhishtha, Pururava.
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