Asaraka, Asara-ka, Asāraka: 4 definitions
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Asaraka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAsāraka, (adj.) (a + sāraka) unessential, worthless, sapless, rotten Th. 1, 260; J. II, 163 = DhA. I, 144. (Page 88)
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryasāraka (အသာရက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[asāra+ka]
[အသာရ+က]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)asāraka—
(Burmese text): အနှစ်သာရမရှိသော၊ အနှစ်သာရ ကင်းမဲ့သော။
(Auto-Translation): Without essence, devoid of essence.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAsāraka (असारक).—adj. (= Pali id., Sanskrit asāra), unsubstantial, empty, worthless (see synonyms below): Lalitavistara 242.15 and Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 57.14, of the body (kāya); Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 282.1, read with WT asārakā for KN na sārakā, of conditions of existence (dharmāḥ); Mahāvastu ii.145.19 (sarvadharmaṃ) riktakaṃ tuc- chakaṃ asārakaṃ, empty, vain, unsubstantial; Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 346. (9—)10 (puṇyābhisaṃskāro bodhisattvasya…śūnyaka… riktaka)…tucchaka…asāraka ity evākhyāyate; śās- trāṇi…°kāni (so, with n) Mahāvastu i.79.5 (verse), worthless (false) sciences (of the world). In some or all of these pejorative force may reside in the suffix -ka.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ka, Acara, Asara.
Starts with: Acarakantam, Asarakarukkhaparicita, Asarakattadassana, Asarakattha.
Full-text: Asarakarukkhaparicita, Asarakattha, Tucchaka, Shunyaka, Riktaka.
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