Mashya, Māṣya, Māsya: 9 definitions
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Mashya 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 term Māṣya can be transliterated into English as Masya or Mashya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuMāṣya (माष्य) or Māṣīna refers to an agricultural region fit for growing Māṣa (Phaseolus radiatus Linn.) according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants [viz., Māṣya] and substances, with their various kinds.
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 dictionaryMāṣya (माष्य).—a. [māṣa-yat]
1) Fit for beans.
2) Worth a particular number of Māṣas.
-ṣyam a field of beans.
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Māsya (मास्य).—a. [māsa-yat] (At the end of comp.)
1) Continuing for a month.
2) A month old.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāṣya (माष्य).—n.
(-ṣyaṃ) A field of kidney-beans. E. māṣa as above, and yat aff.
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Māsya (मास्य).—mfn.
(-syaḥ-syā-syaṃ) Of or lasting a month, a month old. E. māsa, yat aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāsya (मास्य).—[adjective] a month old.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Māṣya (माष्य):—[from māṣa] mfn. fit or suited for beans, [Pāṇini 5-1, 7]
2) [v.s. ...] (ifc., after numerals) amounting to or worth a [particular] number of Māṣas, [ib. v, 1, 34] (cf. dvi-, adhyardha-m)
3) [v.s. ...] n. a field of kidney-beans, [Horace H. Wilson]
4) Māsya (मास्य):—[from mās] mfn. a month old, [Pāṇini 5-1, 81] (cf. dvi-, pañca-m etc.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Māṣya (माष्य):—(ṣyaṃ) 1. n. Idem.
2) Māsya (मास्य):—[(syaḥ-syā-syaṃ) a.] A month old.
[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 corpusMāṣya (ಮಾಷ್ಯ):—[noun] = ಮಾಷೀಣ [mashina].
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: Mashyabhava, Mashyabhavat, Mashyaka, Masyadhara.
Ends with: Adhyardhamashya, Anumashya, Dvimashya, Lomashya, Pautimashya, Rajamashya.
Full-text (+18): Masina, Cakravat, Dashamasya, Pancamasya, Pautimasha, Dvimashya, Nigalavat, Pautimashya, Pratimatsya, Pratimasya, Saptamasya, Arcitanama, Adashamasya, Dvaimasya, Paurnamasya, Angirasvat, Adhyardhamashya, Parama, Dharmavat, Matsyabandhin.
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