nasya

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[apte] a. [nāsikāyai hitaṃ tatra bhavaṃ vā yat nasādeśaḥ] Nasal. --syaṃ 1 The hairs in the nose. --2 A sternutatory. --syā 1 The nose. --2 The string through the nose of an animal; Śi. 12. 10.

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a. [nāsikāyai hitaṃ tatra bhavaṃ vā yat nasādeśaḥ] Nasal. --syaṃ 1 The hairs in the nose. --2 A sternutatory. --syā 1 The nose. --2 The string through the nose of an animal; Śi....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

266

Texts Appeared In

14

DCS: yelling or making a noise like Rākṣasas

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Suśrutasaṃhitā 120 45.1%
2. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 105 39.5%
3. Ānandakanda 10 3.8%
4. Carakasaṃhitā 9 3.4%
5. Rasaratnākara 8 3.0%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rasaratnākara surface: nasye

  tailārdhaniṣke tannasye kṛte syātpūrvavatphalam

• Rasaratnākara surface: nasyam

  grāhyaṃ tailāvaśeṣaṃ tannasyaṃ tenaiva kārayet

• Rasaratnākara surface: nasyaṃ

  nasyaṃ cāṅkollatailena kuryānmṛtyujarāpaham