aśubha
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[apte] a. 1 Inauspicious. --2 Im- pure, dirty, foul (opp. śubha); śubhe- nāśubhena vopāyena K. 158 by any means, fair or foul. --3 Unlucky, unfortunate. --bhaṃ 1 Inauspicious- ness. --2 Sin, a shameful deed. --3 Misfortune, calamity; nāthe kutastva- yyaśubhaṃ prajānāṃ R. 5. 13; prāyaḥ śubhaṃ vidadhātyaśubhaṃ ca jaṃtoḥ Māl. 1. 23. --Comp. --udayaḥ an inauspicious omen.
[mw] mfn. not beautiful or agreeable, disagreeable 113,3 19616 mfn. inauspicious Vet. 113,3 19617 mfn. bad, vicious (as thought or speech) MBh. i, 3077 seq. &c 113,3 19618 m. N. of a lexicographer 113,3 19619
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√asu असु
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a. 1 Inauspicious. --2 Im- pure, dirty, foul (opp. śubha); śubhe- nāśubhena vopāyena K. 158 by any means, fair or foul. --3 Unlucky, unfortunate. --bhaṃ 1 Inauspicious- ness. --2...
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DCS: one whose ruin is near | Monier-Williams: a/-SuBa m. misfortune, harm, mischief, Suśr. ; VarBṛS. &c.
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āha aninditena śubhena karmaṇā na saṃyujyata ityucyate āho atha kimaśubhena karm
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atra pāpākhyena pātakena vāniṣṭasthānaśarīrendriyaviṣayagato 'śubhaṃ bhuṅkte ten
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atra pāpākhyena pātakena vāniṣṭasthānaśarīrendriyaviṣayagato 'śubhaṃ bhuṅkte ten