Mukhavasana, Mukhavāsana, Mukha-vasana: 8 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymukhavāsana (मुखवासन).—m S A perfume for the mouth,--a drug, or the roll of leaf with betelnut taken as such, after a meal.
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 dictionaryMukhavāsana (मुखवासन).—a perfume used to scent breath.
Derivable forms: mukhavāsanam (मुखवासनम्).
Mukhavāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mukha and vāsana (वासन). See also (synonyms): mukhavāsa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMukhavāsana (मुखवासन).—m.
(-naḥ) A perfume for the mouth, any drug, as camphor or orris-root so used, or a composition usually taken in the form of a pill. E. mukha the mouth, and vāsana perfuming.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mukhavāsana (मुखवासन):—[=mukha-vāsana] [from mukha] n. mouth-perfume (= -vāsa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] the smell of camphor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] mfn. having the smell of camphor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMukhavāsana (मुखवासन):—[mukha-vāsana] (naṃ) 1. m. A perfume for the mouth, as camphor.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMukhavāsana (ಮುಖವಾಸನ):—[noun] = ಮುಖವಾಸ - [mukhavasa -] 1.
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)
Partial matches: Mukha, Vasana.
Full-text: Sukhavasana, Mukhavasa.
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