Hrasa, Hrāsa: 12 definitions
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Hrasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsHrāsa (ह्रास):—Reduction
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishhrāsa (ह्रास).—m Decrease, decline. Damage, loss.
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 dictionaryHrāsa (ह्रास).—[hras-ghañ]
1) Sound, noise.
2) Decrease, diminution, decline, deterioration, decay; अन्ये कलियुगे नॄणां युगह्रासानुरूपतः (anye kaliyuge nṝṇāṃ yugahrāsānurūpataḥ) Manusmṛti 1.85; Y.2.249.
3) Small number.
4) Paucity, scarcity.
Derivable forms: hrāsaḥ (ह्रासः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryHrāsa (ह्रास).—m.
(-saḥ) 1. Sound, noise. 2. Decline, decrease, deterioration. E. hras to sound, &c., aff. ghañ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryHrāsa (ह्रास).—i. e. hras + a, m. Sound. 2. Decrease, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 85.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryHrāsa (ह्रास).—[masculine] na [neuter] shortening, decrease, diminution.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Hrāsa (ह्रास):—[from hras] a m. shortening, diminution, decrease, deterioration, detriment, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] paucity, scarcity, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] sound, noise, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) b hrāsana See [column]1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Hrasa (ह्रस):—hrasati 1. a. To sound; be small.
2) Hrāsa (ह्रास):—(saḥ) 1. m. Sound, noise.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Hrāsa (ह्रास) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Hāsa.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 dictionaryHrasa (ह्रस):—(nm) decay; fall, downfall; diminution; ~[māna] decaying, falling, suffering a downfall.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusHrāsa (ಹ್ರಾಸ):—
1) [noun] a sound; noise.
2) [noun] a becoming or growing less (gradually).
3) [noun] scarcity; dearth; insufficiency; paucity.
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)
Starts with: Hrasaka, Hrasana, Hrasaniya, Hrasanveshanavat.
Ends with: Apahrasa, Avabhrasha, Balahrasa, Balihrasa, Bhrasha, Ghrasa, Gridhrasa, Gudhocchrasa, Mulyahrasa, Nirhrasa, Prahrasa, Pratihrasa, Tejohrasa, Vrittihrasa.
Full-text: Apahrasa, Pratihrasa, Prahrasa, Hrasiman, Tejohrasa, Nirhrasa, Vrittihrasa, Hrasanveshanavat, Arghabalabala, Hasa, Muly, Mulya, Hrasi, Diti, Ullasa, Sampradaya, Vritti.
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Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Vireshwarananda)
Chapter III, Section II, Adhikarana V < [Section II]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 7 - Growth and Disease < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]
Part 24 - Rāmādvaya (a.d. 1300) < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
Universal (sāmānya) and Particularity (viśeṣa) [in Charaka philosophy] < [Chapter 2 - Fundamental Categories]
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)