Ashna, Aśna: 8 definitions

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Ashna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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.

The Sanskrit term Aśna can be transliterated into English as Asna or Ashna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Aśna (अश्न) refers to “partakes” or “eating” (sweet dishes), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.54 (“Description of the duties of the chaste wife”).—Accordingly, as a Brahmin lady said to Pārvatī: “[...] She who forsakes her husband and secretly violates her fidelity is born as a she-owl of cruel nature wasting its days in the hollow of a tree. If she desires to beat her husband in retaliation, she becomes a tiger or a wild cat. She who ogles at another man becomes squint-eyed. She who partakes (aśna) of sweet dish denying the same to her husband becomes a pig in the village or a wild goat eating its own dung. [...]”.

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Asna in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don from the Orchidaceae (Orchid) family having the following synonyms: Epidendrum tessellatum, Vanda roxburghii, Cymbidium tessellatum. For the possible medicinal usage of asna, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Asna in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia alata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pentaptera tomentosa Roxb. ex DC., nom. illeg., nom. superfl. (among others).

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

· Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis (1821)
· Prodr. Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ Orient. (1834)
· Prodr. (1828)
· Cat. Ind. Pl. (1833)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aśna (अश्न).—a. [aśnute vyāpnoti aśnāti vā, aś-nan]

1) Pervading.

2) Eating voracious; तस्य भ्राता मध्यमो अस्त्यश्नः (tasya bhrātā madhyamo astyaśnaḥ) Ṛgveda 1. 164.1.

3) Pervaded, filled.

-śnaḥ 1 Name of a demon; अश्नस्य चिच्छिश्नथत् पूर्व्याणि (aśnasya cicchiśnathat pūrvyāṇi) Ṛgveda 6.4.3.

2) A cloud (Nir.).

3) A stone to grind Soma on. Ṛgveda 8.2.2. नृभिर्धूतः सुतो अश्नैरव्यो वारैः परिपूतः (nṛbhirdhūtaḥ suto aśnairavyo vāraiḥ paripūtaḥ).

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

Aśna (अश्न).—[masculine] stone; [Name] of a demon.

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

1) Aśna (अश्न):—1. aśna mfn. (√2. ), voracious ([Ṛg-veda i, 164, 1 and 173, 2]) See aśan at end

2) m. Name of a demon, [Ṛg-veda ii, 14, 5; 20 5; vi, 4, 3.]

3) 2. aśna m. (cf. aśan), a stone, [Ṛg-veda viii, 2, 2]

4) a cloud, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashna 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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