Malashaya, Malāśaya, Mala-ashaya: 9 definitions
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Malashaya 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.
The Sanskrit term Malāśaya can be transliterated into English as Malasaya or Malashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Malashy.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymalāśaya (मलाशय).—m S (Receptacle of the fæces or excrement.) The rectum.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmalāśaya (मलाशय).—m The rectum.
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 dictionaryMalāśaya (मलाशय).—the stomach; bowels.
Derivable forms: malāśayaḥ (मलाशयः).
Malāśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mala and āśaya (आशय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMalāśaya (मलाशय).—m.
(-yaḥ) The belly.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMalāśaya (मलाशय):—[from mala] m. ‘receptacle of feculent matter’, the bowels, [Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā]
[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 dictionaryMalāśaya (मलाशय) [Also spelled malashy]:—(nm) the rectum.
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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryMalāśaya (मलाशय):—n. stomach;
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)
Partial matches: Ashaya, Maala, Mala.
Ends with: Vimalashaya, Vinirddhutamalashaya.
Full-text: Vinirddhutamalashaya, Malacayam, Malashy, Ashaya.
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