Narasa, Narasha, Narāśa, Nara-asha: 7 definitions
Introduction:
Narasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Narāśa can be transliterated into English as Narasa or Narasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynarasa (नरस).—a ( H) Inferior, lower in goodness. In Maraṭhi the common form is nirasa, it being understood rather as derived from nīrasa S.
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 dictionaryNarāśa (नराश).—a demon, goblin.
Derivable forms: narāśaḥ (नराशः).
Narāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nara and aśa (अश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNarāśa (नराश).—[masculine] man-eater, a Rakṣas.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNarāśa (नराश):—[from nara] m. ‘m°-eater’, a Rakṣas or demon, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]
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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 corpusNārasa (ನಾರಸ):—[noun] = ನಾರಾಚ [naraca].
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: Asha, Nara, Aca.
Starts with (+2): Naracam, Naracamuttirai, Naracanali, Narasabha, Narasakha, Narasakkuchi, Narasal, Narasala, Narasalem, Narasamgharama, Narasamsarga, Narasamvadasundara, Narasara, Narasarajiya, Narasarathi, Narashamsa, Narashamsapankti, Narashamsi, Narashana, Narashardula.
Ends with (+25): Anarasa, Annarasa, Bahuphenarasa, Candanarasa, Dronarasa, Ghanarasa, Gulmakalananarasa, Hutashanarasa, Jirnarasa, Jivanarasa, Jonnarasa, Kampanarasa, Kanarasa, Karunarasa, Kshaudravarnarasa, Lavanarasa, Lonarasa, Madanarasa, Mahakalyanarasa, Manarasa.
Full-text: Narashana, Kantirayapanam, Onro, Asha.
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