Ashadha, Āṣāḍha, Aṣāḍha, Āśāḍha: 24 definitions
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Ashadha has 22 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Āṣāḍha and Aṣāḍha and Āśāḍha can be transliterated into English as Asadha or Ashadha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAṣāḍha (अषाढ):—
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Āśāḍha (आशाढ):—m. falsche Schreibart für āṣāḍha [Scholiast] zu [Amarakoṣa] und [Dvirūpakoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Āṣāḍha (आषाढ):—(von aṣāḍhā)
1) m. a) N. eines Monats (in dem der Vollmond beim Sternbilde Aṣāḍhā steht) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 3, 16.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 111.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 154.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 188.] [Medinīkoṣa ḍh. 6.] āṣāḍhaśrāvaṇau prāvṛṭ [Suśruta 1, 20, 5.] [Meghadūta 2.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 26, 4.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 296.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 225,] [Nalopākhyāna 19.] — b) ein Stab aus Palāśa- Holz, den ein Schüler bei besondern Gelübden trägt, [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 45.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 815.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] ajināṣāḍhadharaḥ [Kumārasaṃbhava 5, 30.] = aṣāḍhā prayojanamasya daṇḍasya [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 110.] — c) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Mahābhārata 1, 2699.] — d) das Malaya-Gebirge [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1029.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
2) f. ḍhā = aṣāḍhā [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) ḍhī (sc. paurṇamāsī) Vollmondstag im Monat Āṣāḍha [Medinīkoṣa ḍh. 7.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 5, 3, 1.] — Vgl. aṣāḍha .
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Aṣāḍha (अषाढ):—
2) c) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Kāṭhaka-Recension 26, 9.] —
3) b) pūrvāsvaṣāḍhāsu [Mahābhārata 13, 3276.] uttarāsu [3278]; die ed. Calc. an beiden Stellen ā. aṣāḍhāsu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 26, 11.] dvaya [4, 5. 8, 19. 9, 3.] pūrvā [21, 6.] pūrvāṣāḍhādi [23, 1.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 2, 32.] — c) aṣāḍhā Nomen proprium einer Tochter des Uśanas [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 458.]
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Āṣāḍha (आषाढ):—
1) a) [LĀṬY. 10,5,18.] [Weber’s Indische Studien.5,297.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.5,77.7,17. 24,4. 25,1.] [Oxforder Handschriften 285,a,19.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī.5,126.] —
2) pūrvāsvāṣāḍhāsu [Mahābhārata 13, 3276.] uttarāsu [3278]; die ed. Bomb. an beiden Stellen richtig a . —
3) [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 64.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 2, 5, 7. 6, 1. 2.] [BR. 1, 3.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 26, 1. 14.] parvan [27, 6.] yoga in der Unterschr. von Adhy. [26.] —
4) adj. zum Monat Āṣāḍha in Beziehung stehend: abda (des Jupitercyclus) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 8, 11.]
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Āṣāḍha (आषाढ):—
2) [Sūryasiddhānta 9, 14.] dieses oder a [8, 16.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAṣāḍha (अषाढ):—oder aṣāLaha —
1) Adj. — a) unüberwindlich. — b) *unter dem Mondhause Aṣāḍhā geboren. —
2) m. — a) *der Monat Āṣāḍha. — b) *ein bei besondern Gelübden getragener Stab aus Palāśa-Holz. — c) Nomen proprium eines Mannes. — d) *das Gebirge Malaya. —
3) f. — a) aṣāḍhā ein best. Backstein. aḍhāvelā [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 17,11,9.12,10] ; vgl. [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8] [5,4,1.] — b) aṣāḍhā Sg. und Pl. Name zweier Mondhäuser ( pūrvā und uttarā). — c) aṣāḍhā Nomen proprium einer Tochter des Uśanas.
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Āṣāḍha (आषाढ):—1. —
1) m. — a) ein best. Monat. — b) ein Stab aus Palāśa-Holz (bei besonderen Begehungen getragen). — c) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten. — d) *Beiname des Malaya-Gebirges. —
2) f. Pl. ā fehlerhaft für āṣāḍhā. —
3) f. ī Vollmondstag im Monat Āṣāḍha [Vaitānasūtra] [Indische sprüche 7741.]
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Āṣāḍha (आषाढ):—2. —
1) Adj. zum Monat Āṣāḍha in Beziehung stehend. —
2) m. ein best. Festtag [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra 1,11,20.]
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