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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āsyāsava (आस्यासव).—spittle, saliva.

Derivable forms: āsyāsavaḥ (आस्यासवः).

Āsyāsava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āsya and āsava (आसव).

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

Āsyāsava (आस्यासव).—m.

(-vaḥ) Spittle, saliva. E. asya the mouth, āsava liquor.

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

Āsyāsava (आस्यासव):—[from āsya > ās] m. spittle, saliva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Āsyāsava (आस्यासव):—[āsyā+sava] (vaḥ) 1. m. Spittle.

[Sanskrit to German]

Asyasava 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

Āsyāsava (ಆಸ್ಯಾಸವ):—[noun] a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches; the saliva.

context information

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Asava, Asya.

Full-text: Asava.

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