Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

āśu आशु – immediately; quickly

adjective · adverb · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adverb

immediately; quickly

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

āśú ·a. swift; n. adv.; m. horse.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

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āśu āśu, us, us, u (said to be fr. 1. aś), fast, quick, going quickly; (u), ind. quickly, quick, immediately, directly; (us), m., Ved. the quick one, a horse; (us or u), m. n. rice ripening quickly in the rainy season; [cf. Gr. ὠκύς, ὤκιστος Lat. acu in acupedeus, ôcissimus: of the same origin may be the Lat. aquila and accipiter.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

āśú 1〉 adj. ὠϰύς, rasch, schnell NIR. 6,1. NIR. 9,9. Uṇ. 1,1. H. an. 2,543. MED. ś. 1. ā̱śumaśvàm ṚV. 1,117,9. ṚV. 10,107,10. ṚV. 10,119,3. von Indra ṚV. 10,103,1. vom Winde AV. 10,6,11. von Vögeln ṚV. 1,118,4. von den durch die Seihe eilenden Soma-Tropfen ṚV. 1,135,6. emā̱śumā̱śavè bhara ṚV. 4,7. ṚV. 5,7. VS. 14,23 und oft. compar. ā́śīyaṃs ŚAT. BR. 5,1,4,8: na vai vātātkiṃ canāśīyo 'sti; superl. ā́śiṣṭha ṚV. 2,24,13: u̱tāśìṣṭhā̱ anù śṛṇvanti̱ vahnàyaḥ, ŚAT. BR. 4,1,3,3. vāyurvai devānāmāśiṣṭhaḥ ŚAT. BR. 13,1,2,7. ŚAT. BR. 8,2,3,9. ŚAT. BR. 8,4,1,9. TAITT. UP. 2,8. adv. NAIGH. 2,15. ṚV. 1,84,14. tāni kimetāvadāśu prayuñjīta ŚAT. BR. 13,3,6,6. In der klass. Sprache nur adv. schnell, eiligst, auf der Stelle, sogleich AK. 1,1,1,60. H. 1530. M. 2,168. M. 3,15. M. 3,57. M. 3,65. M. 4,19. M. 4,71. M. 4,171. M. 4,186. M. 4,243. M. 7,12. M. 8,22. M. 8,346. M. 8,367. M. 9,282. M. 11,160. M. 11,241. M. 11,245. N. 18,16. HIḌ. 3,1. DAŚ. 2,39. SUŚR. 1,121,11. PAÑCAT. I, 225. HIT. I, 1. MEGH. 23. MEGH. 40. ṚT. 1,12. ṚT. 1,26. VID. 174. VID. 215. VID. 329. P. 3,3,133, Sch. in comp. mit einem Thätigkeitsbegriff: āśuvikrama R. 3,30,44. āśukarman Uṇ. 5,57. āśuklāntavisabhaṅga ŚĀK. 66. āśusaṃdheya schnell zusammenzufügen, schnell zu versöhnen HIT. I, 86. — 2〉 m. a〉 der Rasche, das Ross NAIGH. 1,14. yadā̱śubhi̱ḥ patàsi̱ yojànā pu̱ru ṚV. 2,16,3. ṚV. 2,31,2. ṚV. 2,38,3. ṚV. 1,37,14. ṚV. 1,60,5. pari̱ dhāmā̀nyāsāmā̱śuḥ kāṣṭhā̀mivāsaran AV. 2,14,6. AV. 4,27,1. AV. 13,2,2. — b〉 schnellreifender Reis Uṇ. 1,1. AK. 2,9,15 (es ist entweder āśuvrīhiḥ oder āśuvrīhiḥ zu lesen). H. 1168. H. an. 2,543. MED. ś. 1. ŚAT. BR. 5,3,3,3. KĀTY. ŚR. 15,4,6. — Vgl. anāśu. Ueber die Etymologie des Wortes s. u. aśan.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

āśu n. N. eines Sāman PAÑCAV. BR. 14,9,9. PAÑCAV. BR. 14,9,10.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · adverb · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · adverb · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

āśú — 1〉 Adj. geschwind, rasch, schnell. — 2〉 Adv. schnell, eiligst, auf der Stelle, alsbald, sogleich. — 3〉 m. — a〉 Ross. — b〉 schnell reifender Reis. — 3〉 n. Name eines Sāman.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

āśu a. [aś-vyāptau uṇ] Fast, ([Page 0264-c]) quick. — śuḥ Ved. 1 ‘The quick one’, a horse. 2 Rice (ripening quickly in the rainy season). — śu ind. Fast, quickly, immediately, directly; vartma bhānostyajāśu Me. 39, Me. 22. [cf. L. acu; Gr. okus.]. Comp. — āpas a. obtaining quickly. — kārin, -kṛt a. 1 doing anything quickly, smart, active. 2 operating quickly (as a medicine). — kopin a. irascible, irritable. — kriyā quick operation of a medicine. — ga a. swift, quick. — (gaḥ) 1 the wind. 2 the sun. 3 an arrow; papāvanāsvāditapūrvamāśugaḥ R. 3. 54, R. 11. 83, R. 12. 91. — gāmin a. going quickly. ( — m.). the sun. — toṣa a. easily appeased or pleased. — (ṣaḥ) an epithet of Śiva. — patrī a tree which yields frankincense (śallakīlatā). — patvan a. flying quickly. — bodha a. teaching quickly, N. of a grammar. — yā a. going quickly. ( — ind.) quickly. — vrīhiḥ rice ripening in the rainy season. — ṣeṇa a. Ved. having swift arrows. — heman a. running on quickly, urging the horses. — heṣas a. Ved. quickly neighing; having quick horses, quickly praised; (śīghraśabdāyamāna).

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

āśú schnell; n. adv. m. Ross.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

āśu āśu a. rapide; hâtif, précoce. Au n. rapidement. Gr. ὠϰύς. āśukārin a. (kṛ) qui fait ou agit promptement, expéditif. [Page083-2] āśuga a. (gam) qui va vite. — S. m. vent; flèche. āśutva n. rapidité; précocité; gr. ὠϰύτης. āśupatrī f. (patra) boswellia serrata, bot. plante qui produit l'encens. āśuvrīhi m. (vrīhi riz) riz hâtif, qui mûrit dans la saison des pluies. āśuśukṣaṇi m. (śuṣ) m à m. qui dessèche vite, c-à-d. air, vent, feu.

Occurrences in source texts (11)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 50–63: Three Locks 1 occurrence

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HP 5 occurrences
HP 1.17-1.32: Āsana 1 occurrence

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HP 2.30-2.33: Neti and Trāṭaka 1 occurrence

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HP 2.44-2.47: Eight Kumbhakas 1 occurrence

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HP 3.66-3.72: Jālandhara and the Bandhas 1 occurrence

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HP 3.94-3.102*1: Śakti Cālana 1 occurrence

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HTK 2 occurrences
HTK 10.11*2–14*1: Bhastrikā: Breath like a bellows 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.34*2–38*1: Asvaṅgaśṛṅkhalā and Kumbhāntaraśṛṅkhalā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.191-5.207: Kailāsa und Mahāśūnya 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 24–31: Breath and Śakti 1 occurrence

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