Linganasha, Liṅganāśa, Linga-nasha: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Liṅganāśa can be transliterated into English as Linganasa or Linganasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Liṅganāśa (लिङ्गनाश):—[liṅganāśaḥ] Blurred vision

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Linganasha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Liṅganāśa (लिङ्गनाश).—

1) loss of the characteristic marks.

2) loss of penis.

3) loss of vision, a particular disease of the eye.

Derivable forms: liṅganāśaḥ (लिङ्गनाशः).

Liṅganāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms liṅga and nāśa (नाश).

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

Liṅganāśa (लिङ्गनाश).—m.

(-śaḥ) 1. Loss of any characteristic mark, &c. 2. Loss of vision from cataract, &c., considered to be discoloration of the pupil, either red, white, or yellow. 3. Loss of the penis. E. liṅga mark, (of the eye &c.), nāśa destruction.

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

1) Liṅganāśa (लिङ्गनाश):—[=liṅga-nāśa] [from liṅga > liṅg] m. loss of what is characteristic or of the real essence, [Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad] ([Śaṃkarācārya])

2) [v.s. ...] a [particular] disease of the eyes (loss of vision from cataract etc., considered to be a discolouration of the pupil), [Suśruta; Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā]

3) [v.s. ...] loss of the penis, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Liṅganāśa (लिङ्गनाश):—[liṅga-nāśa] (śaḥ) 1. m. Loss of mark; loss of sight; loss of the penis.

[Sanskrit to German]

Linganasha in German

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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.

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