Veshyashraya, Veśyāśraya, Veshya-ashraya: 4 definitions
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Veshyashraya 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 Veśyāśraya can be transliterated into English as Vesyasraya or Veshyashraya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVeśyāśraya (वेश्याश्रय).—habitation of harlots.
Derivable forms: veśyāśrayaḥ (वेश्याश्रयः).
Veśyāśraya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms veśyā and āśraya (आश्रय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVeśyāśraya (वेश्याश्रय).—m.
(-yaḥ) A brothel, the habitation of harlots. E. veśyā a whore, āśraya asylum.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVeśyāśraya (वेश्याश्रय):—[from veśyā > veśa] (veśyāśr) m. = -gṛha, [Hāsyārṇava]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVeśyāśraya (वेश्याश्रय):—[veśyā+śraya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A 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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