Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

aśakya अशक्य – impossible

adjective · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective
Cappeller 1891 adjective

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aśakya ·a. impossible to or to be (inf.), impracticable. Abstr. °tā f., °tva n.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

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A-śakya, as, ā, am, impossible, impracticable; not to be done.

Petersburger 1855 adjective

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aśakya (3. a + śakya) adj. unmöglich: artha KATHĀS. 62,235. unüberwindlich MBH. 3,14361.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

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aśakya Adj. — 1〉 unmöglich, unthunlich vacas unausführbar. vedaśāstra unverfassbar. aśakyo 'pākraṣṭum unentfernbar RAGH. 12,17. sthātuṃ niyokturyadaśakyamagre [Page1-135-b] weil es unmöglich ist zu verbleiben RAGH. 2,56. Dazu Nom. abstr. ˚tā f. und ˚tva n. mit einem Infin. — 2〉 unüberwindlich.

Apte 1890 adjective

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aśakya a. Impossible, impracticable; yadaśakyaṃ na tacchakyaṃ H. 1. 90. Comp. — artha a. unavailing, useless.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

aśakya unmöglich, unthunlich.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.11*29-4.11*31: Transition to Nāda 1 occurrence

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