Asic, Āsic: 7 definitions

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Asic means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Asich.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Asic (असिच्).—Samāsa-ending affix अस् (as). See above the word अस् (as).

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āsic (आसिच्).—6 P.

1) To pour in or on, wet, water, sprinkle.

2) To fill with; तप्तमासेचयेत्तैलं वक्त्रे श्रोते च पार्थिवः (taptamāsecayettailaṃ vaktre śrote ca pārthivaḥ) Manusmṛti 8.272. -Caus. To have anything poured in.

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Āsic (आसिच्).—f. An oblation which is poured out; पूर्णां विवष्ट्यासिचम् (pūrṇāṃ vivaṣṭyāsicam) Ṛgveda 7.16.11. a dish, vessel (?).

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

Āsic (आसिच्).—[feminine] dish, vessel.

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Āsic (आसिच्).—pour or fill into, discharge one’s self (river), pour off or out. [Causative] pour into or to. avā & abhiparyā pour into ([locative]).

Āsic is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and sic (सिच्).

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

1) Āsic (आसिच्):—[=ā-sic] 1. ā-√sic [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -siñcati, -te, to pour in, fill up, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.;

—to pour on, be sprinkle, water, wet, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara]; etc. :

—[Causal] -secayati, to pour in or on [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra] and, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti]

2) [=ā-sic] 2. ā-sic f. pouring in or towards

3) [v.s. ...] an oblation of Soma or butter (poured out towards or for the gods), [Ṛg-veda ii, 37, 1 and vii, 16, 11.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āsic (आसिच्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āsiṃca.

[Sanskrit to German]

Asic 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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