The Sanskrit term Durāśā can be transliterated into English as Durasa or Durasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

durāśā (दुराशा).—f (S) Groundless or unreasonable hope or desire.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

durāśā (दुराशा).—f Groundless or unreasonable hope or desire.

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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

Durāśā (दुराशा).—

1) a bad or wicked desire.

2) hoping against hope.

Durāśā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and āśā (आशा).

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Durāsa (दुरास).—a. difficult to be abided or associated with; संघर्षिणा सह गुणाभ्यधिकैर्दुरासम् (saṃgharṣiṇā saha guṇābhyadhikairdurāsam) Śiśupālavadha 5.19.

Durāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and āsa (आस).

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

Durāsa (दुरास).—mfn.

(-saḥ-sā-saṃ) Difficult to be overcome or expelled, E. dur, and ās to sit, khal aff.

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

Durāśā (दुराशा).—f. want of hope, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 3, 213.

Durāśā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dus and āśā (आशा).

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Dūrāsa (दूरास).—m. disagreeable speech, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 44, 5.

Dūrāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dus and rāsa (रास).

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

Durāśā (दुराशा).—[feminine] bad hope, despair at ([locative]).

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

1) Durāśa (दुराश):—[=dur-āśa] [from dur] 1. dur-āśa m. Name of an Ekāha, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

2) [v.s. ...] 2. dur-āśa mfn. having bad expectations, [Prabodha-candrodaya iii, 5]

3) Durāśā (दुराशा):—[=dur-āśā] [from dur-āśa > dur] f. bad expectation, vain hope, despair, [Rājataraṅgiṇī; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

4) Durāsa (दुरास):—[=dur-āsa] [from dur] 1. dur-āsa mfn. d° to be driven out or expelled, [Horace H. Wilson]

5) [v.s. ...] 2. dur-āsa mfn. d° to be abided or associated with, [Śiśupāla-vadha v, 19.]

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

Durāsa (दुरास):—[durā+sa] (saḥ-sā-saṃ) a. Hard to be expelled or overcome.

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

Dūrasa (दूरस) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Durasa, Durāsa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Durasha 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Durāśā (दुराशा):—(nf) hope against hope, false hope.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

1) Durasa (दुरस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Dūrasa.

2) Durāsa (दुरास) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Durāśa.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Asha, Dur, Dush, Rasa, Aca, Raca.

Starts with: Durashamsin, Durashanka, Durashay, Durashaya.

Ends with: Ashadurasha.

Full-text: Turacar, Turacai, Asha, Rasa, Shasana.

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