Karshana, Karśaṇa, Karśana: 16 definitions

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Karshana has 14 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Karśaṇa and Karśana can be transliterated into English as Karsana or Karshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Karshan.

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

Karśana (कर्शन):—(von karś im caus.)

1) adj. mager machend [Suśruta 1, 189, 1. 190, 1.] Vgl. akāmakarśana, sapatnakarśana . —

2) m. Feuer [Mahābhārata 13, 6307.] Vgl. kṛśānu .

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Karṣaṇa (कर्षण):—(wie eben)

1) a) adj. hinundherzerrend, mitnehmend, überwältigend; am Ende eines comp.: amitra [Mahābhārata 3, 8794.] ari [15, 215. Nalopākhyāna 12, 16.] śatru [20, 8.] [Mahābhārata 3, 699.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 38, 51. 5, 5, 1. 92, 20.] — b) sich hinziehend (in der Zeitdauer): na ṭavargasya cavarge kālaviprakarṣastvatra bhavati tamāhuḥ karṣaṇa iti [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 2, 39.] —

2) n. a) das Hinziehen, Herbeiziehen: saṃbhṛtadoṣakarṣaṇena [Śākuntala 69, 15, v. l.] — b) das Hinundherziehen, Zausen, Mitnehmen, Peinigen: kubjā [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 78] in der Unterschr. śarīrakarṣaṇātprāṇāḥ kṣīyante prāṇināṃ yathā . tathā rājñāmapi prāṇāḥ kṣīyante rāṣṭrakarṣaṇāt .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 112.] vyasanaṃ bhedanaṃ caiva śatrūṇāṃ kārayettataḥ . karṣaṇaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ caiva yuddhe caiva balakṣayam .. [Mahābhārata 15, 238. 3, 1284.] [Suśruta 1, 51, 21.] — c) das Spannen (des Bogens): bhajyamānamatimātrakarṣaṇāttena vajraparuṣasvanaṃ dhanuḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 46.] dhanuṣkarṣaṇa [7, 59.] — d) das Pflügen; Landbau [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 89.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 864.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 5.] [Mahābhārata 2, 525.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 11, 19.] gepflügtes Land [Mahābhārata 3, 10082]; vgl. [10080], wo karṣaṇāni für karṣakāni zu lesen ist.

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Kārśana (कार्शन):—(von kṛśana) adj. aus Perlen oder Perlmutter bestehend; so ist wohl [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 10, 7] zu lesen statt karśana .

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Karśana (कर्शन):—

1) häufig mit karṣaṇa in den Ausgg. wechselnd. —

2) die ed. Bomb. liest: tato viṣṇurgiriṃ nirdagdhamarikarśanaḥ . — Vgl. kārśana .

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Karṣaṇa (कर्षण):—

1) a) ari [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 60, 44.] Häufig karśana geschrieben. —

2) a) das Hinziehen (eines Vocals) [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 261.] — b) keśa das Zausen an den Haaren [VENĪS.] in [Sāhityadarpana 147, 4.] — d) [Spr. 1290.] kṣetra [Oxforder Handschriften 109,a,34.]

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

Karśana (कर्शन):——

1) Adj. — a) mager machend. — b) in Comp. mit Feind so v.a. hart mitnehmend [Mahābhārata 3,64,24.13,139,20.] Vgl. karṣana. — c) [Atharvaveda 4,10,7] wohl fehlerhaft für kārśana. —

2) n. das Magermachen [Carakasaṃhitā 1,21] ( karṣaṇa gedr.).

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Karṣaṇa (कर्षण):——

1) Adj. — a) = karṣaka 1)a) Häufig mit karśana wechselnd. — b) sich hinziehend (in der Zeitdauer). —

2) n. — a) das Herbeiziehen. — b) das Herausziehen [Indische sprüche 7677.] — c) das Zausen. keśa an den Haaren. — d) das Anziehen , Spannen (eines Bogens). — e) das Hinziehen (eines Tones) [Saṃhitopaniṣad 17,5.6.] — f) das Hinundherzerren , Peinigen , Quälen. — g) das Pflügen , Landbau. — h) Ackerland [Mahābhārata 3,113,11.13.] Vgl. karśana 2).

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Kārśana (कार्शन):—(Conj.) Adj. aus Perlen oder Perlmutter bestehend.

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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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