Asanka, Āsaṅkā, Ashanka, Aśaṅka, Asamka, Ashamka: 18 definitions
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Asanka has 17 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Aśaṅka can be transliterated into English as Asanka or Ashanka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀśaṅkā (आशङ्का):—(von śaṅk mit ā) f.
1) Besorgniss, Befürchtung [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 301.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 4, 8. 3, 1, 7, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1.] [Suśruta 1, 258, 19.] [Bhartṛhari 3, 4.] mit dem abl. [Kathāsaritsāgara 17, 155.] naṣṭāśaṅka ad [Śākuntala 14.] gatāśaṅka [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 13, 9.] baddhāśaṅka beängstigt [Kathāsaritsāgara 15, 95.] comp. mit dem, was man befürchtet; das erste Wort behält seinen Ton und das comp. ein n. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 21.] gamanāśaṅkam, vacanāśaṅkam [Scholiast] tatra vadhāśaṅkaṃ [?(MĀDHY.-Rec.:] vadhaśaṅkā) bhavati yāṃ diśameti [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 4, 1, 3.] —
2) Misstrauen: vigatāśaṅka [Kathāsaritsāgara 14, 56.]
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Aśaṅka (अशङ्क):—(3. a + śaṅkā) adj. furchtlos [Spr. 1884.] kein Misstrauen hegend [5260.] aśaṅkam adv. ohne Besorgniss [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 194, 11.]
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Āśaṅkā (आशङ्का):—
1) sāśaṅka von Furcht ergriffen [Pañcatantra 47, 15.] —
2) sāśaṅko bhūtsvagehinyām [Kathāsaritsāgara 64, 129.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAśaṅka (अशङ्क):—Adj. furchtlos , ohne Scheu [Indische sprüche 4295.] m Adv.
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Aśaṅkā (अशङ्का):—f. keine Furcht , — Scheu. Instr. ohne Scheu.
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Āśaṅka (आशङ्क):——
1) n. am Ende eines Comp. nach einem Nom. act. — a) *Zweifel — , Ungewissheit in Bezug auf. — b) Gefahr. —
2) f. ā — a) Besorgniss , Befürchtung von (Abl.) atra [177,12.] — b) Misstrauen.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with (+5): Acankai, Acankaiyan, Acankam, Acankamam, Acankan, Acankatam, Acankati, Acankauyatu, Asamkala, Asamkalita, Asamkalpita, Asanka Jataka, Asankalpa, Asankalpita, Asankamuka, Asankasuka, Asankati, Ashamkaratva, Ashankam, Ashankamana.
Ends with (+10): Anishtashanka, Apashanka, Arasamka, Baddhashanka, Dashanka, Dirghashanka, Durashanka, Garbhashanka, Gatashanka, Jhashanka, Mahashanka, Masamka, Mritashanka, Nashtashanka, Nirapashanka, Nirasanka, Niravasamka, Pratimashashanka, Raka-shashanka, Rakashashanka.
Full-text (+5): Nirasanka, Ashankanvita, Nashtashanka, Shashanka, Asankita, Ashankam, Nirashankam, Ashankamana, Ashank, Asankin, Ashamka, Parisanka, Ashankaya, Nirashankya, Gatashanka, Ashankanem, Ashankitam, Baddhashanka, Acankaiyan, Asankya.
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