Gajasnana, Gajasnāna, Gaja-snana: 4 definitions
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Gajasnana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygajasnāna (गजस्नान).—n (S Ablution of an elephant.) Unproductive efforts; or efforts which produce the evil striven against: also remedies which exasperate the disease. With reference to the practice of elephants, which, after squirting water over their bodies, throw dust and rubbish.
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 dictionaryGajasnāna (गजस्नान).—(lit.) bathing of an elephant; (fig.) useless or unproductive efforts resembling the ablution of elephants which, after pouring water over their bodies, end by throwing dirt, rubbish and other foul matter; cf. अवशेन्द्रियचित्तानां हस्तिस्नानमिव क्रिया (avaśendriyacittānāṃ hastisnānamiva kriyā) H.1.17.
Derivable forms: gajasnānam (गजस्नानम्).
Gajasnāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaja and snāna (स्नान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGajasnāna (गजस्नान):—[=gaja-snāna] [from gaja > gaj] n. ‘ablution of elephants’, unproductive efforts (as elephants, after squirting water over their bodies, end by throwing dust and rubbish), [Horace H. Wilson]
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 corpusGajasnāna (ಗಜಸ್ನಾನ):—[noun] (fig.) a repetition of doing and undoing, hence useless.
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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