The Sanskrit term Aśmasāra can be transliterated into English as Asmasara or Ashmasara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Aśmasāra (अश्मसार) refers to “steel, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.15 (“The penance and reign of Tārakāsura”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated: “That Varāṅgī, when the time was complete, delivered of a son of huge body and great strength dazzling the ten quarters. [...] Then Kaśyapa Prajāpati thought well and named the powerful demon Tāraka. That heroic demon, with his manliness and valour manifesting quickly grew and developed with his steely [i.e., aśmasāra] frame like the lord of mountains. Then the demon Tāraka, of great strength and exploit, endowed with a lofty mind, requested permission of his mother for performing penance. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

aśmasāra (अश्मसार).—m S Iron. 2 Diamond.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

aśmasāra (अश्मसार).—m Iron. Diamond.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aśmasāra (अश्मसार).—a. like iron or stone. अश्मसारमिदं नूनमथवाप्यजरामरम् (aśmasāramidaṃ nūnamathavāpyajarāmaram) Rām.5.26.6. (-raḥ, -ram). 1 iron; अश्मसारमयं शूलम् (aśmasāramayaṃ śūlam) Bhāgavata 8.11.3. प्राणाः सत्वरमश्म- सारकठिना गच्छन्ति गच्छन्त्वमी (prāṇāḥ satvaramaśma- sārakaṭhinā gacchanti gacchantvamī) S. D.

2) sapphire.

3) a saw (krakaca); दारोश्चूर्णमिवाश्मसारविहितम् (dāroścūrṇamivāśmasāravihitam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.298.45. °मय (maya) a. made of iron cf. Śiv. B.14.25.

Aśmasāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśman and sāra (सार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aśmasāra (अश्मसार).—mn.

(-raḥ-raṃ) Iron. E. aśman a stone, and sāra essence, &c. the hardest stone, &c.

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

Aśmasāra (अश्मसार).—m. iron, [Suśruta] 2, 531, 4.

Aśmasāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśman and sāra (सार).

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

1) Aśmasāra (अश्मसार):—[=aśma-sāra] [from aśma > aśna] mn. iron, [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] sapphire, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Aśmasāra (अश्मसार):—[aśma-sāra] (raḥ-raṃ) 1. m. n. Iron.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashmasara 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aśmasāra (ಅಶ್ಮಸಾರ):—[noun] iron.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Asma, Asman, Cara, Sara.

Starts with: Ashmasaramaya.

Full-text: Ashmasaramaya, Arthasara, Ashmaja, Putiloha, Dhatu, Vartaloha.

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