Sharirakarshana, Śarīrakarṣaṇa, Sharira-karshana: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śarīrakarṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Sarirakarsana or Sharirakarshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚarīrakarṣaṇa (शरीरकर्षण).—emaciation of the body; शरीरकर्षणात् प्राणाः क्षीयन्ते प्राणनां यथा (śarīrakarṣaṇāt prāṇāḥ kṣīyante prāṇanāṃ yathā) Manusmṛti 7.112.
Derivable forms: śarīrakarṣaṇam (शरीरकर्षणम्).
Śarīrakarṣaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śarīra and karṣaṇa (कर्षण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚarīrakarṣaṇa (शरीरकर्षण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Emaciating or afflicting the body. E. śarīra and karṣaṇa attracting.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚarīrakarṣaṇa (शरीरकर्षण).—[neuter] tormenting the body.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚarīrakarṣaṇa (शरीरकर्षण):—[=śarīra-karṣaṇa] [from śarīra] n. emaciation of the b°, [Manu-smṛti vii, 112.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚarīrakarṣaṇa (शरीरकर्षण):—[śarīra-karṣaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Afflicting the body.
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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