Veshyajanasamashraya, Veśyājanasamāśraya: 3 definitions
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Veshyajanasamashraya means something in 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 Veśyājanasamāśraya can be transliterated into English as Vesyajanasamasraya or Veshyajanasamashraya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Veśyājanasamāśraya (वेश्याजनसमाश्रय).—m.
(-yaḥ) The habitation of harlots, a brothel. E. veśyā a whore, jana people, sam collective particle, and āśraya asylum.
Veśyājanasamāśraya (वेश्याजनसमाश्रय):—[=veśyā-jana-samāśraya] [from veśyā-jana > veśyā > veśa] m. a brothel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Veśyājanasamāśraya (वेश्याजनसमाश्रय):—[veśyājana-samāśraya] [veśyā-jana-samā-śraya] (yaḥ) 1. m. The habitation of harlots, brothel.
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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Partial matches: Veshyajana, Samashraya.
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