Asamtosha, Asaṃtoṣa: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Asaṃtoṣa can be transliterated into English as Asamtosa or Asamtosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Asantosh.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Asaṃtoṣa (असंतोष):—Dissatisfaction

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asaṃtoṣa (असंतोष).—Displeasure.

Derivable forms: asaṃtoṣaḥ (असंतोषः).

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

Asaṃtoṣa (असंतोष).—m. pain, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 94, 10.

Asaṃtoṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and saṃtoṣa (संतोष).

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

Asaṃtoṣa (असंतोष).—[masculine] dissatisfaction.

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

Asaṃtoṣa (असंतोष):—[=a-saṃtoṣa] [from a-saṃtuṣṭa] m. displeasure, [Śakuntalā; Mālatīmādhava]

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Asamtosha 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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Hindi dictionary

[«previous next»] — Asamtosha in Hindi glossary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Asaṃtoṣa (असंतोष) [Also spelled asantosh]:—(nm) dissatisfaction; discontent; discontentment; ~[ṣī] insatiable, one who is temperamentally discontented, greedy.

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