The Sanskrit term Tīkṣṇāṃśu can be transliterated into English as Tiksnamsu or Tikshnamshu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Tīkṣṇāṃśu (तीक्ष्णांशु) refers to the “hot-rayed one” (i.e., the sun), as mentioned in verse 3.26 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Heavy (and) cold (food), sleep in the day-time, and slightly fat, sweet, (and) sour (food) one shall eschew.—As the sun-rays are exceedingly hot [viz., tīkṣṇāṃśu], they are, as it were, eliminative in summer. [...]”.

Note: Tīkṣṇāṃśu (“the hot-rayed one”) [i.e. the sun] has been omitted and its attribute atiīkṣṇāṃśu (“having exceedingly hot rays”) converted into a causative clause: ñi-mai od-zer rab thsa-bas—“as the sun-rays are exceedingly hot”. Thereby the original word-play tīkṣṇāṃśu: atitīkṣṇāṃśu got lost.

context information

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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tīkṣṇāṃśu (तीक्ष्णांशु).—

1) the sun; श्वेताभ्र इव तीक्ष्णांशु ददृशुः कुरुपाण्डवाः (śvetābhra iva tīkṣṇāṃśu dadṛśuḥ kurupāṇḍavāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 6.16.23.

2) fire.

Derivable forms: tīkṣṇāṃśuḥ (तीक्ष्णांशुः).

Tīkṣṇāṃśu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tīkṣṇa and aṃśu (अंशु).

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

Tīkṣṇāṃśu (तीक्ष्णांशु).—I. adj. having hot beams. Ii. m. 1. the sun. 2. fire.

Tīkṣṇāṃśu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tīkṣṇa and aṃśu (अंशु).

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

Tīkṣṇāṃśu (तीक्ष्णांशु).—[adjective] having hot rays; [masculine] the sun.

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

1) Tīkṣṇāṃśu (तीक्ष्णांशु):—[from tīkṣṇa] mfn. = ṇa-raśmi, [Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] m. the sun, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhajjātaka; Laghujātaka, by Varāha-mihira; Sūryasiddhānta]

3) [v.s. ...] fire, [Mahābhārata i]

[Sanskrit to German]

Tikshnamshu in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tīkṣṇāṃśu (ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣಾಂಶು):—[noun] the sun, whose rays of light are hot.

context information

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: Tikshna, Amshu.

Starts with: Tikshnamshudehaprabhava, Tikshnamshutanaya.

Full-text: Tikshnamshudehaprabhava, Tikshnagu, Tikshnamshutanaya, Tikshnakara, Tikshnarashmi.

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