Hras: 8 definitions

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Hras 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Hras (ह्रस्).—1 P. (hrasati, hrasita)

1) To sound.

2) To become small or diminished or lessened, wane, disappear; चक्षुर्भ्राम्यति रूपमेव ह्रसते वक्त्रं च लालायते (cakṣurbhrāmyati rūpameva hrasate vaktraṃ ca lālāyate) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.78. -Caus. To shorten, lessen, diminish.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Hras (ह्रस्).—r. 1st cl. (hrasati) 1. To sound. 2. To be small or few.

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

Hras (ह्रस्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. † To sound (cf. ras). 2. To become small, to be lessened, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 83. [Causal.] hrāsaya, To diminish, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 216.

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

Hras (ह्रस्).—hrasati hrasate (±nis) become less or short; [Causative] diminish.

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

Hras (ह्रस्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] hrasati, te (only in present base; [grammar] also [perfect tense] jahrāsa etc.),

—to become short or small, be diminished or lessened, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to descend from ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata];

— ([Parasmaipada]) to sound, [Dhātupāṭha xvii, 61] :—[Causal] hrāsayati ([Aorist] ajihrasat), to make small or less, shorten, curtail, diminish, [Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa; Manu-smṛti] etc.:—[Desiderative] jihrasiṣati [grammar]:—[Intensive] jāhrasyate, jāhrasti, [ib.]

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

Hras (ह्रस्):—, hrasati (śabde) [DHĀTUP. 17, 61.] abnehmen, sich mindern, weniger u. s. w. werden [Yāska’s Nirukta 3, 13.] āyurhrasati pādaśaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 83.] āyurvīryamatho buddhirbalaṃ tejaśca [Mahābhārata 3, 13020. fg.] manuṣyāṇāṃ svaravarṇamanāṃsi [12, 2690.] vedavādāḥ [8503.] dhātavaḥ (Gegens. āpyāyyante) [CARAKA 4, 6.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 7, 2. 3.] dairdhye [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 16, 8.] hrasati ca māsi māsyekaikā ghaṭikā rātriṣu so v. a. die Nächte werden um kürzer [21, 4. Medinīkoṣa] : dharmo na hrasate [Mahābhārata 1, 2478. 3, 11247. 12, 6799.] vayaḥ [8502.] chandaḥ [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 120.] [Spr. (II) 2103, v. l.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 74, 4.] hrasamāna [KUSUM. 23, 19.] sthānebhyaḥ herabkommend von [Mahābhārata 12, 7866] (dhvaṃsamānāḥ ed. Bomb.). partic. hrasita weniger geworden, verkürzt [Bhaṭṭikavya 10, 6.] āyus [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 4, 17.] — caus. hrāsayati weniger werden lassen, mindern: ekaikaṃ hrāsayetpiṇḍaṃ kṛṣṇe śukle ca vardhayet [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 216.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 324.] nyūnāndhātūnpūrayāmaḥ . vyatiriktāṃhrāsayāmaḥ [CARAKA 1, 10.] — apa s. apahrāsa . — nis kurz werden: nirhrasete du. [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 4, 39.] partic. nirhrasita verkürzt: ein Vocal [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 17. 6, 11.] stomanirhrasta gemindert in Bezug auf die Zahl der Stoma, — um St. [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 6, 6, 4.] — Vgl. nirhrāsa . — pra s. prahrāsa . — prati s. pratihrāsa .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Hras (ह्रस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Hasa, Hassa.

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

context information

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.

Nepali dictionary

Hraas is another spelling for ह्रास [hrāsa].—n. 1. lessening; decrease; decline; diminishing; 2. destruction; decimation; 3. decadence;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

context information

Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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