Vanasa, Vana-asha, Vana-savhaya, Vanāśa, Vanasavhaya, Vanasāvhaya, Vanasha: 6 definitions
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Vanasa means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Vanāśa can be transliterated into English as Vanasa or Vanasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA city, lying between Vedisa and Kosambi, on the road taken by Bavaris disciples (SN. vs. 1011).
The Commentary states (SNA.ii.583) that this was another name for Tumbavanagara (v.l. Pavana), and that it was also called Vanasavatthi.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVanāśa (वनाश).—a. living on water; कुतः क्षीरं (kutaḥ kṣīraṃ) ... वनाशानां वनाश्रम- निवासिनाम् (vanāśānāṃ vanāśrama- nivāsinām) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.14.124. (-śaḥ) 1 dining in a wood, a picnic; क्वचिद्वनाशाय मनो दधद् व्रजात् प्रातः समुत्थाय वयस्य- वत्सपान् (kvacidvanāśāya mano dadhad vrajāt prātaḥ samutthāya vayasya- vatsapān) Bhāgavata 1.12.1.
2) a kind of small barley.
Vanāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and āśa (आश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vanāśa (वनाश):—[from vana > van] mfn. living on water, [Mahābhārata] ([Nīlakaṇṭha])
2) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of small barley, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Vanasa (वनस):—[from van] mfn. [gana] tṛṇādi.
[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.
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryvanasavhaya (ဝနသဝှယ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[vana+savhaya=saha+avhaya.]
[ဝန+သဝှယ=သဟ+အဝှယ။]

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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Asha, Savhaya, Vana, Aashaa, Aca.
Starts with (+18): Vanacai, Vanacam, Vanacampakam, Vanacamukam, Vanacan, Vanacancaram, Vanacancari, Vanasaadhan, Vanasad, Vanasadhana, Vanasagajabhumika, Vanasahvaya, Vanasamkata, Vanasamnivasin, Vanasampada, Vanasampage, Vanasampagegida, Vanasampige, Vanasampigi, Vanasampravesha.
Full-text: Vanacam, Vanasavatthi, Antuvacam, Antaravanacam, Toppanam, Pavana.
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