Asanna, Asañña, Āsanna: 19 definitions

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Asanna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Asanna has 17 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Asann.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Asanna (असन्न):—(3. a + sanna) adj. rastlos: asannaḥ prāṇaḥ saṃcarati [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 1, 1, 17. 2, 17. 4, 1, 7.] asannā hyāpaḥ [7, 1, 1, 14. 4, 3, 1, 7.]

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Āsanna (आसन्न):—s. u. sad mit ā .

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Āsanna (आसन्न):—; davon comparat. tara und davon nom. abstr. āsannataratā f. eine grössere Nähe: tāmeti mṛtyurjantordine dine näher und näher rückt der Tod dem Menschen mit jedem Tage [Spr. 403.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Asanna (असन्न):—Adj. rastlos.

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Āsanna (आसन्न):—n. Nähe. cara Adj. in der Nähe von (im Comp. vorangehend) sich bewegend [Kumāras 3,56.] vartin Adj. in der Nähe , neben Jmd befindlich [Böhtlingk’s Sanskrit-Chresthomathie 109,24.]

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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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