Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

aśana अशन – food; eating

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

food; eating

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

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áśana ·n. eating, food.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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1. aśana, as, ā, am, reaching, reaching across.

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aśana 3 . aśana, as, m. = asana, N. of the tree Terminalia Tomentosa W. and A.

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2. aśana, am, n. eating, feeding; food (often at the end of compounds, e. g. mūla-phalāśana, as, ā, am, having roots and fruit for food).

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aśana, aśani। See under 1. aś, 2. aś.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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1. aśana (von 1. aś) adj. erreichend, hinüberreichend NIR. 4,26. NIR. 5,26 (an beiden Orten für Etymologien gebildet).

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3. aśana = asana m. N. eines Baumes, Terminalia tomentosa W. u. A., RĀYAM._zu_AK. 2,4,2,24_im_ŚKDR. SUŚR. 2,72,15.

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2. áśana (von 2. aś) 1〉 n. a〉 das Essen, Speisen H. 423. māsi māsi vo 'śanam ŚAT. BR. 2,4,2,2. KĀTY. ŚR. 12,4,5. M. 7,220. M. 11,180 YĀJÑ. 3,123. PAÑCAT. I, 8. aśanānaśanám ŚAT. BR. 1,1,1,7. ghṛtāśana YĀJÑ. 3,275. māṃsāśana PAÑCAT. 232,4. Citat beim Sch. zu ŚĀK. 20,9. prāṇadhāraṇamātrāmaśanakriyāṃ kurmaḥ PAÑCAT. 236,22. — b〉 Essen, Speise TRIK. 3,3,355. H. 395 (nach dem Sch. auch m.) vipàkve̱ yo mā̀ piśā̱co aśàne da̱dambhà AV. 5,29,6. yasmā aśanamāhariṣyantsyāt ŚAT. BR. 1,3,1,10. ŚAT. BR. 1,3,1,11. ŚAT. BR. 6,3,2,5. ŚAT. BR. 6,3,2,12. ŚAT. BR. 6,7,2,5. u. s. w. BṚH. ĀR. UP. 1,4,16. NIR. 6,9. M. 2,54. M. 2,55. M. 3,59. M. 4,29. YĀJÑ. 1,82. YĀJÑ. 3,16. R. 2,61,5. SUŚR. 1,241,10. SUŚR. 1,246,2. SUŚR. 1,241,3. SUŚR. 2,79,7. BHARTṚ. 3,55. BHARTṚ. 3,92. ŚĀNTIŚ. 2,20. PAÑCAT. 192,12. KATHĀS. 14,39. phalamūlaiḥ kṛtāśanāḥ R. 2,43,8. māṃsāśanaṃ (Fleischspeise) ca nāśnīyuḥ M. 5,73. yajñaśiṣṭāśanam M. 3,118. phalamūlāśanaiḥ M. 5,54. Ueberaus häufig mit der Speise selbst zu einem adj. comp. verbunden: mūlaphalāśana Wurzeln und Früchte zur Speise habend, sich davon nährend M. 6,25. M. 6,17. M. 6,31. M. 11,236. ARJ. 3,15. HIḌ. 4,2. VIŚV. 1,8. VIŚV. 7,2. R. 3,1,15. R. 4,16,28. R. 4,37,28. H. 7. yadaśana neben yadanna R. 2,103,30. f. ā M. 10,35. N. 13,30. R. 3,52,41. In dieser Verbindung könnte aśana auch als adj. gefasst werden. — 2〉 f. ˚nā = aśanāyā CHĀND. UP. 6,8,3. — Vgl. adhyaśana, anaśana, piśitāśana, hutāśana u. s. w.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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1. *aśana Adj. erreichend, hinüberreichend.

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2. aśaná n. — 1〉 das Essen, Speisen. — 2〉 Essen, Speise. An Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā.

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2. áśana , so zu accentuiren. [Nachtrag, Band 3]

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2. áśana I. 3. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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aśana a. [aś-lyuṭ] Reaching, reaching across. — naḥ N. of a tree = asana q. v. — naṃ 1 Pervasion, penetration. 2 The act of eating, feeding. 3 Tasting, enjoying. 4 Food; aśanaṃ dhātrā marutkalpitaṃ vyālānāṃ Bh. 3. 10; māṃsāśanaṃ ca nāśnīyuḥ Ms. 5. 73; yajñaśiṣṭa˚ Ms. 3. 118; phalamūlāśanaiḥ Ms. 5. 54; oft. at the end of adjective comp. in the sense of ‘eating’, ‘one whose food is’ &c.; phalamūlāśana, hutāśana, pavanāśana &c. Comp. — kṛt a. Ved. preparing food. — patiḥ lord of food. — parṇī a kind of tree.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

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áśana n. das Essen, die Speise.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

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aśana aśana n. (aś) aliment. — M. terminalia alata tomentosa. — En compos. qui mange: hulāśana qui consomme l offrande, c-à-d. le feu. aśanaparṇī f. espèce de plante. aśanāyā f. faim. aśanāyāmi dénomin. avoir faim. — Pp. aśanāyita affamé.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

HP 2 occurrences
HP 1.58-1.63: Mitāhāra 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

HP 2.1-2.6: Introduction to Prāṇāyāma 1 occurrence

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