Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

aśuci अशुचि – impure

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

impure

Derived from

  1. a अ previx — negative prefix a-; not; without
  2. śuci शुचि adjective — pure; clean
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

aśuci ·a. impure.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

aśuci a-śuci, is, is, i (rt. 2. śuc), foul, impure; (is), f. impurity, disgrace, degradation.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

aśuci Adj. unrein (auch in rituellem Sinne), unlauter. Davon Nom. abstr. ˚tva n. zu Spr. 328.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

aśuci a. 1 Not clean, dirty, foul, impure; so'śuciḥ sarvakarmasu; in mourning; trirātramaśucirbhavet. 2 Black. — ciḥ The black colour. — ciḥ f. 1 Impurity. 2 Degradation.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

aśuci unrein. ˚bhakṣaṇa n. das Essen von Unreinem. ˚bhāva m. Unreinheit.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

aśuci aśuci a. (śuci) impur.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 2.3–9: Five Kleśas 1 occurrence

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