Ashvastana, Aśvastana: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aśvastana can be transliterated into English as Asvastana or Ashvastana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Aśvastana (अश्वस्तन).—a.
1) Not of to-morrow, of to-day.
2) One who makes no provision for the morrow; त्र्यहै- हिको वापि भवेदश्वस्तनिक एव वा (tryahai- hiko vāpi bhavedaśvastanika eva vā) Manusmṛti 4.7.
See also (synonyms): aśvastanika.
Aśvastana (अश्वस्तन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nī-naṃ) Of to-day, not of or for to-morrow. E. a neg. śvas to-morrow, dyu aff.
Aśvastana (अश्वस्तन).—[adjective] not having a to-morrow.
Aśvastana (अश्वस्तन):—[=a-śvastana] mf(ī)n. not for to-morrow, not provided for to-morrow, [Pbr.; Yājñavalkya i, 128; Mahābhārata]
Aśvastana (अश्वस्तन):—[a-śvastana] (naḥ-nīḥ-naṃ) a. Of to-day.
Aśvastana (अश्वस्तन):—Adj. ohne morgen , für den folgenden Tag Nichts habend [Mahābhārata 12,31,3]
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
Aśvastana (ಅಶ್ವಸ್ತನ):—[noun] one who does not save for tomorrow; one who earns only that much which is required for the day.
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: Shvastana, A.
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Full-text: Ashvastanavid, Ashvastanavidhana, Ashvastanika, Ashvastanavidhatri, Shvastanika, Vidhatar.
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Yajnavalkya-smriti with Mitakshara and Viramitrodaya (by J. R. Gharpure)
Verse 1.128 < [Chapter 5 - Duties of a Householder (Gṛhin)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 6.43 < [Section VI - Procedure of going forth as a Wandering Mendicant]
Verse 4.7 < [Section II - Means of Subsistence]
Verse 4.9 < [Section II - Means of Subsistence]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCXLIII < [Mokshadharma Parva]