Ashri, Aśri, Aśrī, Āśri: 13 definitions
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Ashri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology, Tamil. 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 terms Aśri and Aśrī and Āśri can be transliterated into English as Asri or Ashri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsAsri in the Garo language is the name of a plant identified with Bischofia javanica Blume from the Phyllanthaceae (Amla) family having the following synonyms: Bischofia trifoliata. For the possible medicinal usage of asri, 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)Asri in India is the name of a plant defined with Bischofia javanica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bischofi a cummingiana Decne. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Numer. List (7956)
· Asian Journal of Chemistry (5150)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1866)
· Fitoterapia (2001)
· Species Plantarum
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Asri, for example diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAśri (अश्रि) or Aśrī (अश्री).—f. [aśyate saṃhanyate anayā aś vaṅkyādi° kri; cf. Uṇādi-sūtra 4.137]
1) A corner, angle (of a room, house &c. changed to aśra at the end of comp. with catur, tri, ṣaṭ and a few other words; see caturasra); अष्टाश्रिर्वै वज्रः (aṣṭāśrirvai vajraḥ) Ait. Br.
2) The sharp side or edge (of a weapon &c.); वृत्रस्य हन्तुः कुलिशं कुण्ठिताश्रीव लक्ष्यते (vṛtrasya hantuḥ kuliśaṃ kuṇṭhitāśrīva lakṣyate) Kumārasambhava 2.2.
3) The sharp side of anything.
Derivable forms: aśriḥ (अश्रिः).
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Aśrī (अश्री).—Ill-luck (personified as a goddess).
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Asri (अस्रि).—
1) An angle; अष्टास्रयः सर्व एव श्लक्ष्णरूपसमन्विताः (aṣṭāsrayaḥ sarva eva ślakṣṇarūpasamanvitāḥ) Rām.1.14.26.
2) Ten million; see अश्रि (aśri).
Derivable forms: asriḥ (अस्रिः).
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Āśri (आश्रि).—1 U.
1) (a.) To resort or betake oneself to; to have recourse to (a place, way, course of action &c.); विचरितमृगयूथान्याश्रयिष्ये वनानि (vicaritamṛgayūthānyāśrayiṣye vanāni) V.5.17; निम्नगां आश्रयन्ते (nimnagāṃ āśrayante) Rs.1.27; दक्षिणां मूर्तिमाश्रित्य (dakṣiṇāṃ mūrtimāśritya) K.128,132; न वयं कुमारमाश्रयामहे (na vayaṃ kumāramāśrayāmahe) Mu.4; आशिश्राय च भूतलम् (āśiśrāya ca bhūtalam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.111 fell on the ground; 17.92; वृत्तिमाश्रित्य वैतसीम् (vṛttimāśritya vaitasīm) R.4.35 resorting to or following; so धैर्यम्, शोकम्, बलम्, मित्रभावम्, संस्कृतमाश्रित्य (dhairyam, śokam, balam, mitrabhāvam, saṃskṛtamāśritya) &c.; आश्रित्य (āśritya) having recourse or reference; तामाश्रित्य (tāmāśritya) M.4.1, कतमत्प्रकरणमाश्रित्य गीयताम् (katamatprakaraṇamāśritya gīyatām) Ś.1. (b) To seek refuge with, dwell with or in, inhabit (as a place &c.); शरण्यमेनमाश्रयन्ते (śaraṇyamenamāśrayante) R.13.7; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.51; तथा गृहस्थमाश्रित्य वर्तन्ते सर्व आश्रमाः (tathā gṛhasthamāśritya vartante sarva āśramāḥ) Manusmṛti 3.77; सर्वे गुणाः काञ्चन- माश्रयन्ते (sarve guṇāḥ kāñcana- māśrayante).
2) To go through, experience; एको रसः (eko rasaḥ) ... पृथक् पृथगिवाश्रयते विवर्तान् (pṛthak pṛthagivāśrayate vivartān) Uttararāmacarita 3.47.
3) To rest or depend upon.
4) To adhere or stick to, fall to the lot of, happen, occur; पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान् (pāpamevāśrayedasmān) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.36 we shall incur sin.
5) To choose, prefer.
6) To assist, help.
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Āśri (आश्रि).—f. The edge of a sword.
Derivable forms: āśriḥ (आश्रिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśri (अश्रि).—f.
(-śriḥ) 1. The edge of a sword. 2. A corner, the angle of a room or house. E. śriñ to serve, āṅ prefixed, ā becomes a; also aśrī and āśri.
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Asri (अस्रि).—f.
(-sriḥ) Ten millions.
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Āśri (आश्रि).—f.
(-śriḥ) The edge of a sword: see aśri.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśri (अश्रि).—[aś + ri] (see vb. śo), I. 1. Edge, [Kumārasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 20. 2. A corner, an angle, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 13, 28.
— Cf.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśri (अश्रि).—[feminine] (adj. —° aśrika) edge, corner.
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Āśri (आश्रि).—A. fix on ([locative]); touch, befall ([accusative]). A.[Middle] cling to, lean or rest upon ([accusative]); resort or have recourse to, seek protection from, come to, arrive at; undergo, incur, get; partake of, choose, take to ([accusative]).
Āśri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and śri (श्रि).
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Āsṛ (आसृ).—run near, come; attack ([accusative]).
Āsṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and sṛ (सृ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aśri (अश्रि):—f. the sharp side of anything, corner, angle (of a room or house), edge (of a sword), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
2) often ifc. e.g. aṣṭāśri, trir-aśri, catur-aśri, śatāśri q.v. (cf. aśra);
3) cf. [Latin] acies, acer; [Lithuanian] assmù.
4) Aśrī (अश्री):—[from aśri] 1. aśrī f. = aśri, [ṢaḍvBr.]
5) [=a-śrī] 2. a-śrī f. ill-luck (personified as a goddess), [Kathāsaritsāgara]
6) Āśri (आश्रि):—[=ā-śri] 1. ā-√śri [Parasmaipada] -śrayati, to affix;
—to apply anything, [Atharva-veda xi, 10, 10] :
—[Ātmanepada] -śrayate, to attach one’s self to;
—to join, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara; Pañcatantra] etc.;
—to adhere, rest on [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata];
—to betake one’s self to, resort to;
—to depend on;
—to choose, prefer;
—to be subject to, keep in mind;
—to seek refuge in, enter, inhabit;
—to refer or appeal to, [Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara; Śakuntalā; Raghuvaṃśa; Prabodha-candrodaya; Rāmāyaṇa etc.]
7) 2. āśri f. the edge of a sword (= aśri q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) (= ā-aśri, a very sharp edge, [Tārānātha tarkavācaspati’s Vācaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary])
9) Āśrī (आश्री):—[=ā-√śrī] [Parasmaipada] (3. [plural] -śṛṇanti, [Ṛg-veda ix, 71, 4]) [Ātmanepada] ([imperfect tense] āśrīṇīta, [Ṛg-veda x, 61, 3]) to mix, shuffle;
—to boil.
10) Āsṛ (आसृ):—[=ā-√sṛ] [Parasmaipada] -sarati, to hasten towards, come running, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda] :
—[Causal] [Passive voice] -śāryate, to be undertaken or begun, [Harivaṃśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aśri (अश्रि):—[a-śri] (śriḥ) 2. f. The edge of a sword; a corner, or angle of a room.
2) Asri (अस्रि):—(sriḥ) 2. f. Ten millions.
3) Āśri (आश्रि):—(śriḥ) 2. f. The edge of a sword.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Aśri (अश्रि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Aṃsi, Assi, Āsaya, Āsi.
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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 corpusAśri (ಅಶ್ರಿ):—
1) [noun] the shape made by two straight lines meeting at a common point; an angle.
2) [noun] the point or place where surfaces join and the space between such surfaces; a corner.
3) [noun] the cutting part of a tool, instrument or weapon; the blade.
4) [noun] the long, narrow top or crest of something, as of an animaḷs back, a wave, a mountain, etc.; a ridge.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconAśrī (அஶ்ரீ) [a-śrī] noun < a-śrī.
1. Ill luck; துரதிர்ஷ்டம். [thurathirshdam.]
2. Sin; பாபம். சரணம்புகுர அவர் களுடைய அ்ரீயைப் போக்கி [papam. saranambugura avar kaludaiya ariyaip pokki] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் திருநெடுந். [nalayira thivyappirapandam thirunedun.] 29, வ்யா. [vya.]).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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