Asadhu, Asādhu: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAsādhu (असाधु).—a.
1) Not good, bad, distasteful, unpleasant; अतोऽर्हसि क्षन्तुमसाधु साधु वा (ato'rhasi kṣantumasādhu sādhu vā) Kirātārjunīya 1.4.
2) Wicked.
3) Illbehaved (with loc.); असाधुर्मातरि (asādhurmātari) Sk., असाधुः पितरि (asādhuḥ pitari) Mahābhārata 2.3.36
4) Corrupt, not properly formed or Sanskrit (as a word); यथा गोणीशब्दः सास्नादिमति असाधुः (yathā goṇīśabdaḥ sāsnādimati asādhuḥ) Bhartṛ. Mahābhārata Dīpikā
-dhvī An unchaste woman. °ता (tā),
-tvam Wickedness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsādhu (असाधु).—mfn. (-dhuḥ-dhuḥ-dhvī-dhu) Wicked, bad. f. (-dhvī) An unchaste wife. E. a neg. sādhu virtuous.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsādhu (असाधु).—adj. wicked, [Kirātārjunīya] 14, 12; 21; unpleasant, [Kirātārjunīya] 1, 4.
Asādhu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and sādhu (साधु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsādhu (असाधु).—[adjective] not good, bad, wicked; [masculine] a bad man, a villain; [neuter] evil, malice, also [adverb]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Asādhu (असाधु):—[=a-sādhu] [from a-sādhana] mfn. ([Pāṇini 6-2, 160]) not good, wicked, bad, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] wrong [commentator or commentary] on [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya]
3) [v.s. ...] (in [rhetoric]) not grammatically correct (as anya-kāraka for anyat-k°), [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti ii, 1, 5].
4) [v.s. ...] m. (us) not an honest man, a wicked man, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] n. anything bad, evil, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] (sādhvasādhunī, ‘good and evil’), [Mahābhārata] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] disfavour, disgrace, only (unā [instrumental case] ind.) disfavourably, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ii; Chāndogya-upaniṣad] (cf. 3. a-sāman)
7) [v.s. ...] ind. (used as an interjection of disapproval) bad! shame! [Rājataraṅgiṇī etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsādhu (असाधु):—[a-sādhu] (dhuḥ-dhuḥ-dhu) a. Wicked.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAsādhu (असाधु):—(a) wicked, unrighteous; not standard; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAsādhu (ಅಸಾಧು):—[adjective] not proper and fitting; unbecoming; improper; unfit.
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Asādhu (ಅಸಾಧು):—
1) [noun] that which is not proper.
2) [noun] a man with impolite, improper behaviour.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Asadhudarshin, Asadhujana, Asadhuna, Asadhupada, Asadhuta, Asadhute, Asadhutva, Asadhuvada, Asadhuvritta.
Ends with: Artasadhu, Arttasadhu, Garajasadhu, Kacatu, Kamasadhu, Kaurasadhu, Mahasadhu, Nirgramthasadhu, Pancacatu, Priyasadhu, Sadhvasadhu, Sarvasadhu, Udakasadhu, Udayananripamarakadvayasadhu, Vajrasadhu.
Full-text (+31): Asadhuvritta, Sadhvi, Sadhvasadhutva, Asadhuvada, Asadhuta, Asadhutva, Asabbhirupa, Namadeva, Sadhvasadhu, Asamna, Asadhuna, Annakshetra, Kamyata, Abandonment of ego, Abandonment of deceit, Forbearing capacity, Control in bodily action, Abandonment of anger, Abandonment of greed, Control in speech.
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