Hrasa, Hrāsa: 13 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)
Hrāsa (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
hrāsa (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
Hrāsa (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).
Hrāsa (ह्रास).—m.
(-saḥ) 1. Sound, noise. 2. Decline, decrease, deterioration. E. hras to sound, &c., aff. ghañ .
Hrāsa (ह्रास).—i. e. hras + a, m. Sound. 2. Decrease, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 85.
Hrāsa (ह्रास).—[masculine] na [neuter] shortening, decrease, diminution.
1) 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.
1) Hrasa (ह्रस):—hrasati 1. a. To sound; be small.
2) Hrāsa (ह्रास):—(saḥ) 1. m. Sound, noise.
Hrāsa (ह्रास):—(von hras) m.
1) das Kürzerwerden, Minderung (Gegens. vṛddhi und ullāsa), Abnahme: jyā [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 22, 4, 11.] yuga [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 85.] arghasya [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 249.] pāpakarmaṇaḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 1195.] āyuṣaḥ [Harivaṃśa 11173.] [CARAKA 4,6.] [Spr. (II) 2780.] [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 29. 55. 59. 91.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī.1,21.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 118,31.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1,4,17.7,1,7.] [MUIR, Stenzler 4,218.] [Oxforder Handschriften 86,b,1. 208,b,29.] [Sāhityadarpana 535.] —
2) Laut, Getön [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 119] wohl nur fehlerhaft für hrāda .
Hrāsa (ह्रास) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Hāsa.
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
Hrasa (ह्रस):—(nm) decay; fall, downfall; diminution; ~[māna] decaying, falling, suffering a downfall.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Hrāsa (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.
Nepali dictionary
Hrāsa (ह्रास):—n. 1. lessening; decrease; decline; diminishing; 2. destruction; decimation; 3. decadence;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Hrasaka, Hrasana, Hrasaniya, Hrasanveshanavat, Hrasavriddhi.
Full-text (+3): Apahrasa, Nirhrasa, Prahrasa, Pratihrasa, Vrittihrasa, Tejohrasa, Hrasavriddhi, Pratiphala-hrasa-niyama, Arghabalabala, Hrasiman, Hras, Hrasanveshanavat, Pratifal-hraas-niyam, Vibhakti, Hasa, Muly, Mulya, Sampradaya, Hrasi, Zeng jian.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 398 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 529 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 2]
Page 71 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 1]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 192 < [Volume 13 (1912)]
Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 25.14 < [Chapter 25 - Death]
Brahma Sutras (Govinda Bhashya) (by Kusakratha das Brahmacari)
Sūtra 3.2.20 < [Adhyaya 3, Pada 2]
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
Universal (sāmānya) and Particularity (viśeṣa) [in Charaka philosophy] < [Chapter 2 - Fundamental Categories]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Clinical evaluation of the Sthaulyahara effect of Haritaki and Amalaki based... < [Vol. 3 No. 03 (2018)]
Clinical indications of Saraswatarishta an experiential and scientific view < [Vol. 6 No. 5 (2021)]
Review on conceptual study of Jara Avastha mentioned in Brihatrayee < [Vol. 7 No. 3 (2022)]