Sasna, Sāsnā: 11 definitions

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Sasna means something in Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Sāsnā (सास्ना) refers to the “dew-lap of an ox (or a cow)”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 372, l. 8]—‘Sāsnā’ means the dew-lap of an ox or a cow. It occurs in Mahābhāṣya (p. 1) on I, 1. It has ‘galakambala’ as its synonym. In Pāiya (Prakrit) it is called suṇhā, in Gujarati ‘godaḍī’ and in Marathi ‘polī [पोळी]’.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sāsnā (सास्ना).—f S A dewlap.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

sāsnā (सास्ना).—f A dewlap.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sāsnā (सास्ना).—The dew-lap of an ox; गोः सास्नादिमत्त्वं लक्षणम् (goḥ sāsnādimattvaṃ lakṣaṇam) T. S.; रोमन्थमन्थरचलद्गुरुसास्नमासांचक्रे निमीलदलसेक्षणमौक्षकेण (romanthamantharacaladgurusāsnamāsāṃcakre nimīladalasekṣaṇamaukṣakeṇa) Śiśupālavadha 5.62.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sāsnā (सास्ना).—f. The dewlap of an ox, Sāh. D. 10, 3.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sāsnā (सास्ना).—[feminine] dewlap.

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Sasnā (सस्ना).—[Causative] bathe (tr.), wash. — Cf. niṣṇāta.

Sasnā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and snā (स्ना).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sāsnā (सास्ना):—f. the dewlap of an ox, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā; Śiśupāla-vadha]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sāsnā (सास्ना):—(snā) 1. f. Dewlap of an ox.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Sāsnā (सास्ना) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Suṇhā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sasna in German

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sāsna (ಸಾಸ್ನ):—[noun] a loose fold of skin hanging from the throat of cattle and certain other animals; the dewlap.

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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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