anāhāra

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. Abstaining from food, fasting. --raḥ 1 Abstinence from food, fasting; anāhāreṇātmānaṃ vyāpādayi- ṣyāmi H. 1. --2 Non-production. --3 Non-seizure.

[mw] m. not taking food, abstinence, non-seizure 29,1 5733 m. non-production 29,1 5734 mfn. one who abstains from food. 004037 29,1 5735 mfn. not taking (food) 29,1 5736

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a. Abstaining from food, fasting. --raḥ 1 Abstinence from food, fasting; anāhāreṇātmānaṃ vyāpādayi- ṣyāmi H. 1. --2 Non-production. --3 Non-seizure.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

12

Texts Appeared In

9

DCS: kind of aquatic bird | Monier-Williams: an-AhAra mfn. one who abstains from food.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Carakasaṃhitā 2 16.7%
2. Mahābhārata 2 16.7%
3. Rāmāyaṇa 2 16.7%
4. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 1 8.3%
5. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 1 8.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: anāhāro

  anāhāro nirāloko dhanahīno yathā dvijaḥ

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: anāhāraḥ

  anāhāraḥ kathaṃ śakto bhagnasakthiśiromukhaḥ

• Hitopadeśa surface: anāhāreṇa

  anyathā anāhāreṇātmānaṃ tava dvāri vyāpādayiṣyāmīti