Nasa, Nāsa, Nāsā, Nasha, Nasā: 26 definitions
Introduction:
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyNāsā (नासा) is a Sanskrit technical term, referring to the “nose”. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśruta-saṃhitā and the Caraka-saṃhitā.
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuNāsā (नासा) is another name for Vāsā, a medicinal plant identified with Adhatoda vasica Nees, synonym of Justicia adhatoda (“malabar nut”), from the Acanthaceae or acanthus family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.47-49 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Nāsā and Vāsā, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms1) Nāsā (नासा):—Nose
2) Nāśa (नाश):—[nāśaṃ] Absense, Loss
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.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: YogaNāsā (नासा) is a Sanskrit word referring to the “nose”. It is one of the fourteen Adhyātma (pertaining to the body) mentioned in the Subālopaniṣad (fifth section). The corresponding Ādhibhūta (pertaining to the elements) is called ghrātavya (the odoriferous) and the corresponding Adhidaivata (presiding deity) is pṛthivī (the earth). Accordingly, “the nādis form their bond (or connect them). He who moves in the nose (nāsā), in the odoriferous (ghrātavya), in the earth (pṛthivī), in the nādis, in prāṇa, in vijñāna, in ānanda, in the ākāśa of the heart and within all else—That is Ātman. It is that which should be worshipped. It is without old age, death, fear, sorrow or end.”
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraNāsā (नासा) refers to the “nose”. It is one of the six minor limbs (upāṅga) used in dramatic performance, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 8. With these limbs are made the various gestures (āṅgika), which form a part of the histrionic representation (abhinaya).
These are the seven gestures of the nose (nāsā):
- natā (clinging),
- mandā (at rest),
- vikṛṣṭā (blown),
- socchvāsā (drawing air),
- vikūṇitā (contracted),
- svābhāvikā (natural).
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (śāstra) of performing arts, (nāṭya, e.g., theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing dramatic plays (nataka) and poetic works (kavya).
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarNāśa (नाश).—Elision, the word is used in grammar as a synonym of 'lopa.'
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationNāsā (नासा) refers to the “nose”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.3.—Accordingly, as the Gods eulogized Umā (Durgā/Satī) with devotion:—“[...] may she be pleased with us, for keeping up the sustenance of the world, she, who in the form of slumber that is extremely exhilarating to all born in the universe, extends pleasure in the nose (i.e., nāsā), eyes, face, arms, chest and the mind”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramNāsa (नास) refers to the “mouth”, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “[...] What is located in the sequence of the sacred seats is in the midst of Dakṣa and the rest (in the heart) above the navel. One should know (this), the Śāmbhava state, by means of the teaching from the teacher's mouth. One should worship (the sacred seats in the order listed above) in the same way, in the ear, mouth, nose [i.e., nāsa], and above the eyebrows (respectively)”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraNāśa (नाश) refers to “ruination”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 2), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “That prince meets with ruin [i.e., nāśa] who does not support a Jyotiṣaka well-versed in all the Divisions and Subdivisions of Saṃhitā and in Horoscopy and Astronomy. Even men who, having conquered their passions and cut asunder all ties of family, live in woods, desire to question a learned Jyotiṣaka regarding their future”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Dhamma Dana: Pali English GlossaryN (Knowledge).
The progress achieved through the satipatthana enables one to realise several nasas, which are stages of knowledge (or wisdom). There are also nasas that are specific to a Buddha, while others are peculiar to an arahanta, etc.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarynāsa : (m.) ruin; destruction; death. || nāsā (f.), the nose.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryNāsa, (Sk. nāśa, see nassati) destruction, ruin, death J. I, 5, 256; Sdhp. 58, 319. Usually vi°, also adj. vināsaka. Cp. panassati. (Page 351)
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Nāsā, (f.) (Vedic nāsā (du.); Lat. nāris, Ohg. nasa, Ags. nasu) 1. the nose, Sn. 198, 608.—2. the trunk (of an elephant) J. V, 297 (nāga°-uru); Sdhp. 153.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynaśā (नशा).—f ( A) Intoxicated state. 2 Intoxicating drugs or liquors: also intoxicating quality.
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nasa (नस).—m ( A) The ascending or descending por- tion of the colon. 2 A vein: also a sinew. 3 An instrument for paring the nails. 4 ( H) Snuff. 5 (nasya S) Anything administered medicinally through the nose, an errhine. nasa ghēṇēṃ or tōḍaṇēṃ To bleed. nasa dharaṇēṃ-dābaṇēṃ To arrest and stop (a person or business in progress); to compress the pulse of.
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nāśa (नाश).—m (S) Annihilation, destruction, ruin. 2 Damage, detriment, injury, loss. 3 In arithmetic. Elimination. nāśāprata pāvaṇēṃ To go to ruin.
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nāśā (नाशा).—a (Laxly formed from nāśa) Mischievous, destructive, that delights in injuring and spoiling.
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nāsa (नास).—m (nāśa S) Destruction or ruin: also damage, detriment, loss.
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nāsa (नास).—f ē ( H) Snuff.
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nāsā (नासा).—f S The nose. 2 The upper piece of a door-frame, lintel: opp. to śilā the threshold.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnaśā (नशा).—f Intoxicated state. Intoxicating drugs or liquors.
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nasa (नस).—m The ascending or descending portion of the colon. A vein: also a sinew. An instrument for paring the nails. Snuff. Anything administered medicinally through the nose. nasa ghēṇēṃ or tōḍaṇēṃ To bleed nasa dharaṇēṃ-dābaṇēṃ To arrest and stop.
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nāśa (नाश).—m Destruction, ruin. Damage, loss.
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nāśā (नाशा).—a Mischievous, destructive.
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nāsa (नास).—m Destruction or ruin.
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nāsa (नास).—m f Snuff.
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nāsā (नासा).—f The nose. The upper piece of a door-frame, lintel.
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 dictionaryNasā (नसा).—The nose.
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Nāśa (नाश).—[naś-bhāve ghañ]
1) Disappearance; गता नाशं तारा उपकृतमसाधाविव जने (gatā nāśaṃ tārā upakṛtamasādhāviva jane) Mk.5.25.
2) Frustration, destruction, ruin, loss; नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति (nehābhikramanāśo'sti) Bg.2.4; R.8.88;12. 67: so वित्त°, बिद्धि° (vitta°, biddhi°) &c.
3) Death.
4) Misfortune, calamity.
5) Abandonment, desertion.
6) Flight, retreat.
7) (In arith.) Elimination.
8) Want of apprehension, non-perception (anupalambha).
Derivable forms: nāśaḥ (नाशः).
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Nāsā (नासा).—[nās-bhāve a]
1) The nose; स्फुरदधरनासापुटतया (sphuradadharanāsāpuṭatayā) U.1.29; प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ (prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau) Bg.5.27.
2) The trunk of an elephant.
3) The upper timber of a door.
4) A sound.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNasā (नसा).—f.
(-sā) The nose: see nāsā and nāsikā .
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Nāśa (नाश).—m.
(-śaḥ) 1. Annihilation, loss, destrution, disappearance, ruin. 2. Death. 3. Flight, retreat. 4. Abandonment, desertion. (In Arithmetic.) 5. Elimination. E. ṇaś to cease to be, affix bhāve ghañ.
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Nāsā (नासा).—f.
(-sā) 1. The nose. 2. The upper timber of a door. 3. The trunk of an elephant. E. ṇas to sound, to stand, ac aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNasa (नस).—[-nas + a], a substitute for nāsā, when latter part of a comp. adj., e. g. unnasa, i. e. ud-, adj. Having a prominent nose, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 8, 42. go-, 1. m. A large kind of snake, [Suśruta] 2, 265, 12. 2. f. sā, The nose of a cow, 2, 171, 7. 3. f. sī, A certain plant, 2, 170, 1. vi-, adj. Noseless. su-, adj. Handsomenosed.
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Nāśa (नाश).—i. e. 2. naś + a, m. 1. Loss, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 35. 2. Disappearance, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 47, 13. 3. Destruction, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 339. 4. Death, 63.
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Nāsā (नासा).—the base of some cases and derivatives is nas, f. The nose, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 125.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNasa (नस).—(adj. —°) = 2 nas.
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Nāśa (नाश).—[masculine] loss, ruin, destruction, death.
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Nāsā (नासा).—[feminine] ([dual] & sgl.) nose.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Naśa (नश):—[from naṃś] 1. naśa See dur-ṇaśa, dū-ṇaśa.
2) [from naś] 2. naśa m. destruction, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary] (cf. 2. nāśa).
3) Nasa (नस):—[from nas] m. (ifc.) the nose (cf. apī-n, urū-ṇ, kumbhīn etc.)
4) Nasā (नसा):—[from nasa > nas] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Nāśa (नाश):—1. nāśa m. (√1. naś) attainment (See dūṇ).
6) 2. nāśa m. (√2. naś) the being lost, loss, disappearance, destruction, annihilation, ruin, death, [Brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc. (ifc. destroying, annihilating cf. karma-nāśā, graha-nāśa, duḥ-svapna-n)
7) flight, desertion, [Horace H. Wilson]
8) ([arithmetic]) elimination, [ib.]
9) Nāsā (नासा):—[from nās] f. the nose (either [dual number] e.g. [Atharva-veda v, 23, 3], or sg. [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.; ifc. f(ā). , [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.)
10) [v.s. ...] proboscis (cf. gaja-n)
11) [v.s. ...] = -dāru (below), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) [v.s. ...] Gendarussa Vulgaris, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. 3. nas and nāsikā).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nasā (नसा):—(sā) 1. f. Idem.
2) Nāśa (नाश):—(śaḥ) 1. m. Annihilation; death; flight; desertion; elimination.
3) Nāsā (नासा):—(sā) 1. f. The nose.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nāsā (नासा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇassā, Ṇāsa, Ṇāsava, Ṇāsā, Palāva.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Naśā (नशा):—(nm) intoxication; inebriation; ~[khora] an inebriate, one addicted to intoxicants; ~[khorī] addiction to intoxicants. consuming alcohol as an addiction; inebriation; -[pānī] some intoxicating drink; ~[baṃdī] prohibition; —[utaranā] to be deintoxicated; the effect of intoxication to end; to regain normalcy after a state of intoxication to come to senses; pride or vanity to be knocked off; —[kāphūra honā] see —[hiraṇa honā; —caḍhanā/chānā] to get inebriated, to be intoxicated, to take a drop too much, to be under a spell of intoxication; —[jamanā] to be inebriated, to have the full effect of intoxication; intoxication to attain its fullness; —[miṭṭī honā] the fun of intoxication to be lost/spoilt; —[hiraṇa honā] to be deintoxicated; to be shocked/stunned back to senses, to come to senses (from an abnormal state of intoxication); [naśe kī hālata honā meṃ] to have a drop in one’s eyes; [naśe meṃ cūra/dhuta ho jānā] to drink till all is blue.
2) Nasa (नस) [Also spelled nas]:—(nf) a vein, sinew; nerve; ~[baṃdī] vasectomy; -[nasa ḍhīlī honā] to be unnerved; to be demoralised; -[nasa pahacānanā/-nasa se vākipha honā] to know through and through; -[nasa phaḍaka uṭhanā] the whole being to thrill in excitement; to be thrilled; -[nasa meṃ] all over the body, in one’s whole being; -[nasa meṃ bijalī dauḍanā] to be electrified, to be suddenly excited and stimulated; -[nasa meṃ honā] bred in the bone.
3) Nāśa (नाश) [Also spelled nash]:—(nm) destruction, ruination, devastation; waste; ~[ka/kārī] destructive, devastating; killing; wasteful; ~[vāda] nihilism; ~[vādī] a nihilist; nihilistic; ~[vāna/śīla] perishable, destructible; ephemeral, transitory; also [nāśya; —karanā] to destroy; to spoil, to ruin.
4) Nāsa (नास):—(nm) snuff; ~[dānī] a snuffbox.
5) Nāsā (नासा):—(nf) the nose; ~[puṭa] a nostril; ~[raṃdhra] nares.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Ṇasa (णस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Nyas.
2) Ṇasa (णस) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Naś.
3) Ṇāsa (णास) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Nāśa.
4) Ṇāsa (णास) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Nāśa.
5) Ṇāsa (णास) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Nyāsa.
6) Ṇāsā (णासा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Nāsā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNāśa (ನಾಶ):—
1) [noun] a ceasing to be seen; disappearance.
2) [noun] the downfall, decay or destruction of anything.
3) [noun] cessation of life; death.
4) [noun] ನಾಶಮಾಡು [nashamadu] nāśa māḍu = ನಾಶಪಡಿಸು [nashapadisu]; ನಾಶಮಾಡುವವನು ದಾಸನಾದರೆ ಲೇಸು ಮಾಡಿಯಾನೆ [nashamaduvavanu dasanadare lesu madiyane]? nāśa māḍuvavanu lēsu māḍiyāne? he who is by nature a spoiler, indulges himself but in spoiling; ನಾಶವಾಗು [nashavagu] nāśavāgu to be spoiled or ruined.
5) [noun] to stop living; to die.
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Nāsa (ನಾಸ):—[noun] = ನಾಸಿಕ [nasika].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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