āśu

Dictionary meanings for āśu from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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āśu

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [aś-vyāptau uṇ] Fast, [Page0264-c+ 54] quick. śuḥ Ved. 1 ‘The quick one’, a horse.

2 Rice (ripening quickly in the rainy season). śu ind. Fast, quickly, immediately, directly; vartma bhānostyajāśu Me. 39, 22. [cf. L. acu; Gr. okus. ]. Comp. āpas a. obtaining quick- ly. kārin, kṛt a. 1. doing any- thing quickly, smart, active.

2. operating quickly (as a medicine). kopin a. irascible, irri- table....

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mfn. (1. aś Un2. i, 1),fast, quick, going quickly RV.; AV.; S3Br. &c 157,3 27517 m. Ved. the quick one, a horse RV.; AV. 157,3 27518 mn. rice ripening quickly in the rainy season S3Br.; Ka1tyS3r.; L. 157,3 27519 n. N. of a Sa1man sāman 157,3 27520

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√acu

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Gaṇa 4

√asu

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Gaṇa 5

√aśū

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