Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [aśnute vyāpnoti aśnāti vā, aśa-nan] 1 Pervading.
2 Eating, voracious.
3 Pervaded, filled. śnaḥ 1 N. of a demon.
2 A cloud (Nir.).
3 A stone to grind Soma on.
aśna
Dictionary meanings for aśna from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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aśna
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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mfn. (2. aś), voracious ([ RV. i, 164, 1 and 173, 2 ]), see /aśan at end 114,1 19699 m. N. of a demon RV. ii, 14, 5; 20 5; vi, 4, 3. 014344 114,1 19699.1 mfn. eating, consuming RV. vii, 67, 7 & viii, 5, 31, &c (cf. /an-aśnat.) 014345 114,1 19700 mfn. eating, only in the comp. 014346 114,1 19701
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. (cf. /aśan), a stone RV. viii, 2, 2 114,1 19706 m. a cloud Naigh. 014351 114,1 19707 ifc. for 2. /aśman, a stone Pa1n2. 5-4, 94. 014352 114,1 19708 m. (g. ṛśyādi q.v.) N. of a son of Vasisht2ha vasiṣṭha and Madayanti1 madayantī MBh.; VP. 114,1 19709
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