Apashraya, Apaśraya, Apāśraya: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Apaśraya and Apāśraya can be transliterated into English as Apasraya or Apashraya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchApaśraya (अपश्रय):—(von śri mit apa) m. Kopfpolster (an einem Lehnsessel): sāmāsā.a udgī.ho paśra.aḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15, 3, 8.] — Vgl. upaśrī .
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Apāśraya (अपाश्रय):—(von śri mit apa + ā) m.
1) Zuflucht: brāhmaṇāpāśrayaḥ sich unter den Schutz eines Brahmanen stellend [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 335.] Wohl falsche Lesart für brāhmaṇopāśrayaḥ —
2) Geländer oder Hecke um ein Gebäude [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1012.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 11, 19.]
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Apāśraya (अपाश्रय):—
1) anyonyāpāśrayeṇa indem sie sich gegenseitig unterstützen, helfen [Spr. 3509.] anyonyāpāśrayāḥ adj. sich gegenseitig unterstützend, helfend [Mahābhārata 14, 991.] tvamapāśrayaḥ du bist die Stütze, die Zuflucht [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 19, 12. 11, 11, 24. 22, 26. 25, 26. 29. 12, 4, 27. ebend. 12, 7, 9. 19] giebt [BURNOUF] [?(Bd. I, XLVII)] das Wort durch délivrance wieder. [Mahābhārata 3, 17262] liest die ed. Bomb. apāśrayaḥ st. upāśrayaḥ . Man streiche am Schluss die Worte «Wohl f. L. für brāhmaṇopāśraya» . —
3) Kopf (der gestützte Theil des Körpers) [Daśakumāracarita 90, 13.] = mastaka Schol.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungApaśraya (अपश्रय):—m. Polster.
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Apāśraya (अपाश्रय):—m. —
1) Rücklehne [Daśakumāra 90,13.] —
2) Stütze , Halt. —
3) etwa Zelt [Rāmāyaṇa 5,11,19.] —
4) *Gitter , Geländer.
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Starts with: Apashrayana, Apashrayavant, Apashrayavat.
Ends with: Anapashraya, Brahmanapashraya, Daivavyapashraya, Kanthakapashraya, Sapashraya, Sattrapashraya, Vidhyapashraya, Vyapashraya, Yuktivyapashraya.
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