Dharmalib

vāsanā

1 Knowledge derived from memory; cf. bhāvanā. --2 Particularly, the impression unconsciously left on the mind by past good or bad actions, which therefore produces pleasure or...

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[apte] 1 Knowledge derived from memory; cf. bhāvanā. --2 Particularly, the impression unconsciously left on the mind by past good or bad actions, which therefore produces pleasure or pain. --3 Fancy, ima- gination, idea. --4 False idea, igno- rance. --5 A wish, desire, expecta- tion, inclination; sasāravāsanābaddhaśṛkha- lā Gīt. 3. --6 Regard, liking, re- spectful regard; teṣāṃ (pakṣiṇāṃ) madhye mama tu mahatī vāsamā...

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√vaṣa वष

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · hiṃsāyām

to kill, to destroy, to hurt

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93
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31

DCS: a traveller

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Appears in 43 texts.

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Spandakārikānirṇayasurface: vāsanā

kathaṃ sahāntareṇa cakreṇa ihāntaraṃ cakraṃ karaṇeśvaryo nāntaḥkaraṇāni teṣāṃ va

Spandakārikānirṇayasurface: vāsanaḥ

yata eva pratyayeṣu sukhādipratyayodbhavaḥ ata evāsau pratyayodbhavāt paśuḥ para

Toḍalatantrasurface: vāsanāṃ

saṃkṣepaṃ kathitaṃ nātha vāsanāṃ vada māṃ prati

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