Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

tṛṣṇā तृष्णा – thirst; craving

substantive feminine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine

thirst; craving

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

tṛ́ṣṇā ·f. thirst; greediness, strong desire for (--°).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Tṛṣṇā, f. (in the Veda the accent is on the first syllable, in later Sanskrit on the last), thirst, strong wish, desire, avidity; (Tṛṣṇā and Lobha are some- times personified as the parents of Dambha; or Tṛṣṇā is variously regarded as a daughter of Death, or of Pāpīyas, or as generated by Vedanā and gene- rating Upādāna); [cf. ati-tṛṣṇa.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

tṛ́ṣṇā (wie eben, tṛṣṇā́ UṆĀDIS. 3,12) f. Durst AK. 3,4,13,54. H. 393. H. an. 1,15. MED. ṇ. 16. a̱pāṃ madhyè tasthi̱vāṃsa̱ṃ tṛṣṇā̀vidajjari̱tāràm ṚV. 7,89,4. ṚV. 9,79,3. ṚV. 1,38,3. AV. 3,31,3. AV. 11,8,21. ŚAT. BR. 1,7,3,28. KAUŚ. 27. M. 8,67. HIḌ. 1,19. DAŚ. 1,38. SUŚR. 1,117,3. SUŚR. 1,118,12. ṚT. 1,15. VID. 248. hatadvipendrarudhiraistṛṣṇāṃ chinattyātmanaḥ HIT. I, 96. übertr. Begier, Habsucht, heftiges Verlangen AK. TRIK. 2,9,1. H. 430. H. an. MED. HĀR. 125. HIT. I, 178. vāhyamānastṛṣṇayā im Gegens. zu saṃtuṣṭa 139. yuddha˚ R. 4,9,57. bhoga˚ RAGH. 8,2. rājya˚ RAGH. 12,19. artha˚ BHĀG. P. 7,6,10. tṛṣṇā und lobha die Eltern des Dambha PRAB. 24,19. tṛṣṇā eine Tochter des Todes VP. 56. des Pāpīyaṃs LALIT. 353. entsteht aus vedanā und erzeugt upādāna BURN. Intr. 487. BURN. Intr. 497. fgg. — Vgl. atitṛṣṇa, atitṛṣṇā.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

tṛ́ṣṇā f. — 1〉 Durst. — 2〉 Begier, Habsucht, heftiges Verlangen nach (im Comp. vorangehend). — 3〉 [Page3-042-a] personif. als Mutter des Dambha, als Tochter des Todes u. s. w.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

tṛṣṇā [tṛṣ na kicca] 1 Thirst (lit. and fig.); tṛṣṇāṃ chinattyātmanaḥ H. 1. 171; Rs. 1. 15. 2 Desire, strong desire, greed, avidity, desire of gain; tṛṣṇāṃ chiṃddhi Bh. 2. 77, Bh. 3. 5; R. 8. 2. Comp. — kṣayaḥ cessation of desire, tranquillity of mind, contentment.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

tṛ́ṣṇā f. Durst, Gier (auch personif.), Verlangen nach (—˚).

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

tṛṣṇā tṛṣṇā f. (sfx. na) soif. Désir, appétit. tṛṣnākṣaya m. (kṣi) suppression des désirs, patience, résignation.

Derived words

  • vitṛṣṇa वितृष्ण adjective free from thirst or craving; dispassionate
Further derivatives (1)
  • vaitṛṣṇya वैतृष्ण्य substantive neuter thirstlessness

Occurrences in source texts (4)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 50–53: Obstacles 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 89–94: Body, Names and Reality 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 1.12–16: Abhyāsa and Vairāgya 2 occurrences

Occurrences through derived words

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