Alternative spellings of this word include Sarsar.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sarasara (सरसर) [or रां, rāṃ].—ad Imit. of the rustling of a snake in motion; of the sound of slipping, sliding, gliding.

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sarāsara (सरासर) [or रां, rāṃ].—ad With a loud rustling &c. See sarārāṃ.

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sārāsāra (सारासार).—f (sāraṇēṃ) Pushing and shoving; moving in this direction and in that, onwards, backwards &c.

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sārāsāra (सारासार).—m (sāra & asāra) The fat and the lean; the cream and the serum; the spirit and the dregs; the good and the bad, lit. fig. (of a substance, or of a matter generally.) Ex. jē nēṇati paradōṣaguṇa || sadā sārāsāravicāraṇa || tēthēṃ dūṣaṇāsaṃ- cāra navhē ||.

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

sārāsāra (सारासार).—f Pushing and shoving. m The good and the bad, the fat and the lean.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sarasara (सरसर) or Sarāsara (सरासर).—a. Moving hither and thither.

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Sārāsāra (सारासार).—a. valuable and worthless, strong and weak. (-ram) 1 worth and worthlessness; सारासारं च भाण्डानाम् (sārāsāraṃ ca bhāṇḍānām) Manusmṛti 9.331.

2) substance and emptiness.

3) strength and weakness. °विचारः (vicāraḥ) consideration of strong and weak points &c.

Sārāsāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sāra and asāra (असार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sārāsāra (सारासार).—m.

(-raḥ) Strength and weakness, substance and emptiness, &c. E. sāra, and asāra want of vigour.

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

Śarāsāra (शरासार).—[masculine] a shower of arrows.

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Sārāsāra (सारासार).—[neuter] strongness or weakness, worth and worthlessness.

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

1) Śarāsāra (शरासार):—[from śara] m. a shower of ar° s, [Vāsavadattā]

2) Sarasara (सरसर):—[from sara] mfn. moving hither and thither, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Sarāsara (सरासर):—[from sara] mfn. moving

4) [v.s. ...] hither and thither, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Sārāsāra (सारासार):—[from sāra] n. substance and (or) emptiness, strength and (or) weakness, relative strength, [Hitopadeśa]

6) [v.s. ...] worth and (or) worthlessness, relative quality (of goods), [Manu-smṛti ix, 331]

7) [v.s. ...] the good and (or) the best, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

8) [v.s. ...] mfn. strong and (or) weak, [Mahābhārata]

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

Sārāsāra (सारासार):—[sārā+sāra] (raḥ) m. Substance and vanity; vigour and frailty, &c.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sarasara 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.

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sarasara refers to: an imitative word; sarasaraṃ karoti to make the noise sarasara M. I, 128. (Page 697)

Note: sarasara is a Pali compound consisting of the words sara and sara.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Sarasara (सरसर) [Also spelled sarsar]:—(nf) rustling noise, frou-frou.

2) Sarāsara (सरासर) [Also spelled sarasar]:—(adv) downright, sheer; altogether, entirely; —[jyādatī] downright/sheer excess.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śarāsāra (ಶರಾಸಾರ):—[noun] = ಶರವರ್ಷ [sharavarsha].

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Sarasara (ಸರಸರ):—[noun] an onomatopoetic word formed imitating the sound of something that moves suddenly or with high speed.

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Saṟasaṟa (ಸಱಸಱ):—[noun] an onomatopoetic word formed imitating the sound of something that moves suddenly or with high speed.

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Sārāsāra (ಸಾರಾಸಾರ):—

1) [noun] (pl.) essential and unnecessary or irrelevant things.

2) [noun] (pl.) strength and weakness.

3) [noun] (pl.) favourable and unfavourable effects (of something).

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sara, Cara, Acara, Asara.

Starts with: Caracara, Sarasarahata, Sarasarajataka, Sarasarana, Sarasarane, Sarasaranem, Sarasarata, Sarasarati, Sarasaraunu, Sarasaravicara, Sarasaraviveka, Sarasarayate, Sharasharay, Sharasharaya.

Ends with: Avasarasara, Brihatparasharasara, Caracara, Mitaksharasara, Samsarasara, Vedantasarasara.

Full-text: Sarasarata, Sarasar, Sarasaraviveka, Sarasarayate, Sarasaravicara, Sadyas, Sassara, Yak, Asara, Sarsar, Sarasaranem, Sarabarita, Caruccarai, Atmavicara, Vicara, Pampa, Babbu, Svarasvara, Shankhahrada, Phalgu.

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