Karshani, Kārṣaṇi, Karṣaṇi: 9 definitions
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Karshani 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.
The Sanskrit terms Kārṣaṇi and Karṣaṇi can be transliterated into English as Karsani or Karshani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKārṣaṇi (कार्षणि).—A Bhārgava gotrakara.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 195. 18.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuKarṣaṇī (कर्षणी) is another name for Kṣīriṇī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.50-51 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Karṣaṇī and Kṣīriṇī, there are a total of fourteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKarṣaṇi (कर्षणि).—f. An unchaste woman.
Derivable forms: karṣaṇiḥ (कर्षणिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarṣaṇi (कर्षणि).—f.
(-ṇiḥ) A dishonest woman. E. kṛṣ, and ani aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Karṣaṇī (कर्षणी):—[from karṣaṇa > karṣa] f. Name of a plant (= kṣīriṇī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Karṣaṇi (कर्षणि):—[from karṣa] f. an unchaste woman (‘attracting men’ [Boehtlingk & Roth’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch]; erroneous for dharṣaṇi, [Tārānātha tarkavācaspati’s Vācaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarṣaṇi (कर्षणि):—(ṇiḥ) 2. f. A dishonest woman.
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKarṣaṇi (ಕರ್ಷಣಿ):—[noun] an unchaste woman; a woman who has sexual relations with men other than her husband.
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: Karshaniya.
Ends with: Akarshani, Amritakarshani, Kalasamkarshani, Sankarshani, Sarvatathagatakarshani, Utkarshani.
Full-text: Akarshani, Utkarshani, Akarshini, Karshin, Kshirini.
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