asāra असार – without substance; worthless; vain

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asāra ·a. worthless, vain.

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asāra a-sāra, as, ā, am, sapless; with- out genuine strength and value; without vigour, spoiled, unfit, vain, unprofitable; weak, feeble, infirm, fragile; (as), m., N. of the plant Ricinus Communis or castor-oil tree; (am), n. Agallochum.

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A-sāra; under (am), n. add — chaff.

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asāra (3. a + sāra) 1〉 adj. saftlos, was seine ursprüngliche Kraft und Gehalt verloren hat, ohne Saft und Kraft, verdorben, untauglich, schwach, gebrechlich, = phalgu AK. 3,2,6. H. 1446. phalaṃ pakvamasāraṃ vā SUŚR. 1,105,15. dadhi SUŚR. 178,10. SUŚR. 1,19 (Gegens. dadhnaḥ saraḥ). (vikrayamarhati) na cāsāram M. 8,203. hastyaśvam AK. 2,8,2,11. TRIK. 3,3,184. bahūnāmapyasārāṇāṃ samavāyo balāvahaḥ PAÑCAT. I, 376. saṃsāra PAÑCAT. 33,12. PAÑCAT. 165,17. BHARTṚ. 1,19. PRAB. 95,11. asārāḥ santvete virativirasāyāsaviṣayāḥ BHARTṚ. 1,51. evaṃprāyeṣvasāreṣu dhīmānko nāma majjati KATHĀS. 4,133. sārāsāraṃ ca bhāṇḍānām M. 9,331. — 2〉 m. N. einer Pflanze, Ricinus communis, ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 n. Agallochum RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR.

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asāra 1〉 ghana Spr. 2858. saṃsāra Spr. 290. Spr. 936, v. l. DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 188,2. von einem Menschen BENF. Chr. 180,23. sārāsāra ist n. und bedeutet die Tauglichkeit oder Untauglichkeit; vgl. ausser M. 9,331 noch svabale sārāsāravicāraḥ kriyatām HIT. ed. JOHNS. 2206 (HIT. ed. SCHL. 104,7 eine schlechte Lesart aufgenommen).

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asāra — 1〉 m. n. in sārāsāra Tauglichkeit oder Untauglichkeit. — 2〉 Adj. — a〉 untauglich, werthlos, nichtig. — b〉 *leer GAL. — 3〉 m. *Ricinus communis. — 4〉 *f. ā Musa paradisiaca NIGH. PR. — 5〉 n. *Aloeholz.

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asāra a. [na. ba.] 1 Sapless, insipid. 2 (a) Without essence, useless; asāraḥ khalu saṃsāraḥ Udb.; (b) worthless, unsubstantial, without strength, stuff or value, deprived of its essence; asāraṃ saṃsāraṃ parimuṣitaratnaṃ tribhuvanaṃ Māl. 5. 30; U. 1; asāre khalu saṃsāre sārametaccatuṣṭayaṃ Dharm. 12, Dharm. 13; Bh. 3. 146. 3 Vain, unprofitable; Pt. 1. 28. 4 Weak, feeble, infirm, fragile; śrutipathamasāraṃ Mu. 6. 14; bahūnāmapyasārāṇāṃ saṃhatiḥ kāryasādhikā ( samavāyo hi durjayaḥ) Pt. 1. 331; Śi. 2. 50. 5 Poor; Dk. 40. — raḥ, -raṃ 1 Unessential or unimportant portion; kuryādasārabhaṃgo hi sārabhaṃgamapi sphuṭaṃ H. 3. 89. 2 N. of a tree (eraṃḍa). 3 Aloe wood.

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asāra untauglich, wertlos, eitel.

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asāra asāra a. (sāra) sans moelle. Sans force, sans énergie.