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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

dhanāsā : ((dhana + āsā) f.) craving for wealth.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Dhanāsā refers to: craving for wealth;

Note: dhanāsā is a Pali compound consisting of the words dhana and āsā.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dhanāśā (धनाशा).—f (S) Thirst of wealth, avarice.

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dhanāsā (धनासा).—a ( H) Rich.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhanāśā (धनाशा).—f. Desire for wealth; धनाशा जीविताशा च जीर्यतोऽपि न जीर्यति (dhanāśā jīvitāśā ca jīryato'pi na jīryati) Subhāṣ.

Dhanāśā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dhana and āśā (आशा).

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

Dhanāśā (धनाशा).—f.

(-śā) Thirst of wealth, longing after riches. E. dhana wealth āśā hope, wish.

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

Dhanasā (धनसा).— i. e. dhana-san, Conquering booty, Chr. 296, 7 = [Rigveda.] i. 112, 7

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Dhanāśā (धनाशा).—f. desire of wealth, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 105.

Dhanāśā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dhana and āśā (आशा).

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

Dhanasā (धनसा).—[adjective] winning or granting treasures.

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

1) Dhanasā (धनसा):—[=dhana-sā] [from dhana > dhan] mfn. = -sani, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]

2) Dhanāśā (धनाशा):—[from dhana > dhan] f. longing after w°, desire for riches, [Harivaṃśa; Hitopadeśa]

3) [v.s. ...] hope of gaining wealth, [Kāvya literature]

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

Dhanāśā (धनाशा):—[dhanā+śā] (śā) 1. f. Thirst of wealth.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhanasa 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Asha, Dhana, Sha, Aca, Ca, Tana.

Starts with: Dhanasadhana, Dhanasahaya, Dhanasala, Dhanasamcaya, Dhanasamcayana, Dhanasamcayin, Dhanasammata, Dhanasampad, Dhanasampanna, Dhanasampatkara, Dhanasampatti, Dhanasani, Dhanasara, Dhanasati, Dhanashali, Dhanasharma, Tanacacanam.

Ends with: Kshudhanasha, Labdhanasha.

Full-text: Dhanasati, Sadhura, Dhanasani, Jivitasa, Sadhi, Kilita, Guru.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 1.112.7 < [Sukta 112]

Rig Veda 10.65.10 < [Sukta 65]

Rig Veda 1.112.10 < [Sukta 112]

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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

Verse 4.2.8 < [Chapter 2 - The Story of the Gopīs That Had Been Sages]

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