Parnashana, Parṇāśana, Parna-ashana: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Parṇāśana can be transliterated into English as Parnasana or Parnashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryParṇāśana (पर्णाशन).—feeding on leaves.
-naḥ a cloud.
Derivable forms: parṇāśanam (पर्णाशनम्).
Parṇāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms parṇa and aśana (अशन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryParṇāśana (पर्णाशन).—m.
(-naḥ) A cloud. n. (naṃ) Feeding on leaves. E. parṇa a leaf, and aśana food.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryParṇāśana (पर्णाशन).—[neuter] [abstract] to seq.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Parṇāśana (पर्णाशन):—[from parṇa > parṇ] n. the feeding on l°, [Saṃhitā-upaniṣad-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a cloud, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryParṇāśana (पर्णाशन):—[parṇā+śana] (naḥ) 1. m. A cloud; a feeding or living upon leaves.
[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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryParṇāśana (पर्णाशन):—n. a type of fasting done by eating only leaves;
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.
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