āśa

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. One who eats, eater (mostly as the last member of comp.); e. g. hutāśa, āśrayāśa &c. &c. --śaḥ [aś-ghañ] Eating (as in prātarāśa).

[mw] m. (2. aś), food 157,1 27354 m. eating S3Br.; Ka1tyS3r. &c (cf. prātar-āśa, sāyam-āśa, &c; hutāśa,āśrayāśa, &c) 019427 157,1 27355 mfn. eating (cf. an.) 019428 157,1 27356 mfn. (fr. the Caus. of 2. aś) feeding 157,1 27357

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a. One who eats, eater (mostly as the last member of comp.); e. g. hutāśa, āśrayāśa &c. &c. --śaḥ [aś-ghañ] Eating (as in prātarāśa).

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

347

Texts Appeared In

78

DCS: order; command; direction; talk; conversation; vicinity | Monier-Williams: 2. A/SA f. (√ 1. aS ; for 1. ASA/ See A-√ SaMs ), space, region,

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 94 27.1%
2. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 17 4.9%
3. Chāndogyopaniṣad 12 3.5%
4. Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā 11 3.2%
5. Rāmāyaṇa 11 3.2%

Concordance (Sample)

• Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: āśāyai

  atha pravadane kanyāmupavasitāṃ snātāṃ saśiraskām ahatenācchinnadaśena vāsasā sa

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: āśayā

  tasyā vittāśayā śuṣyadvaktrāyā dīnacetasaḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: āśā

  nirveda āśāpāśānāṃ puruṣasya yathā hy asiḥ