Asaushthava, Asauṣṭhava: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Asauṣṭhava can be transliterated into English as Asausthava or Asaushthava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAsauṣṭhava (असौष्ठव).—a.
1) Devoid of beauty or loveliness, not in good trim; शरीरमसौष्ठवम् (śarīramasauṣṭhavam) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.17.
2) Ugly, deformed.
-vam Worthlessness, absence of merit.
3) Deformity, ugliness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsauṣṭhava (असौष्ठव).—n.
(-vaṃ) 1. Ugliness, deformity. 2. Demerit, worthlessness. E. a neg. sauṣṭhava beauty, &c.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsauṣṭhava (असौष्ठव).—adj. disarrayed, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 11, 8.
Asauṣṭhava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and sauṣṭhava (सौष्ठव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsauṣṭhava (असौष्ठव).—[adjective] not well, ill-disposed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsauṣṭhava (असौष्ठव):—[=a-sauṣṭhava] n. want of lightness or suppleness (of body), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
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 dictionaryAsauṣṭhava (असौष्ठव):—(nm) want of quality; ugliness.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Saushthava, A.
Ends with: Pradeshasaushthava, Sasaushthava, Shabdasaushthava.
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