The Sanskrit term Aśāy can be transliterated into English as Asay or Ashay, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Asay in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Scleria boivinii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Scleria barteri Boeckeler (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Niger flora, or ‘An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa’ (1849)
· Linnaea (1874)
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1855)
· Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar (1765)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Asay, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, diet and recipes, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Aśāy (अशाय्).—aśāyate = 1 aś.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashay 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ashay in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) intention, intent, design; purport, import, meaning; receptacle..—ashay (आशय) is alternatively transliterated as Āśaya.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Ashaya, Ashayagni, Ashayakshaya, Ashayakshayata, Ashayana, Ashayapravesha, Ashayasha, Ashayashuddhi, Ashayatas, Ashayitri, Ashayya.

Ends with: Agnyashay, Andashay, Dashay, Durashay, Garbhashay, Jalashay, Krashay, Mahashay, Mutrashay, Nashay, Nikashay, Pashay, Pittashay, Prakashay, Sadashay.

Full-text: Kala.

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