Asnigdha: 10 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Vastushastra
2. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
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Introduction:

Asnigdha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Wisdom Library: V膩stu-艣膩stra

Asnigdha (啶呧じ啷嵿え啶苦啷嵿ぇ, 鈥渘ot hard鈥�) refers to the soft type of soil mentioned in the K膩艣yapa艣ilpa (verse 1.4). Before the construction of a building should take place, one should test the soil. If it is soft (asnigdha, from a-snigdha), the foundation pit should be dug until hard (snigdha) ground is reached. The K膩艣yapa艣ilpa is an 11th-century Sanskrit work dealing with various topics from 惫腻蝉迟耻艣腻蝉迟谤补.

: Google Books: Temple Consecration Rituals in Ancient India

Asnigdha (啶呧じ啷嵿え啶苦啷嵿ぇ).鈥擳hat soil, in which (while digging) water appears (even if not more than) a handful, (and) which (in contrast to the types mentioned in verse 3ab), is easy to dig, that soil is known as asnigdha. (K膩艣yapa艣ilpa 1.4)

: Shodhganga: Temples of Salem region Up to 1336 AD

Asnigdha (啶呧じ啷嵿え啶苦啷嵿ぇ, 鈥渟oft鈥�).鈥擜 type of soil;鈥擨f the soil is soft, the pit has to be dug till the hard ground is reached. The foundation pit should be always six feet bigger on all the sides than the structure to be built. But the general practice followed is to dig to a depth of six feet, irrespective of the nature of soil found. After the pit is dug, thick or coarse sand should be filled to a height of about one foot and it should be beaten well with rammers and should be neatly leveled like the surface of the mirror. On this leveled ground, the six important contour lines of the drawing of the building should be marked on the ground (蝉奴迟谤补峁峁璳补).

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Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, 惫腻蝉迟耻艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Asnigdha (啶呧じ啷嵿え啶苦啷嵿ぇ) refers to 鈥�(those elephants) having a non-smooth (penis)鈥�, according to the 15th century 惭腻迟补峁単补濒墨濒腻 composed by N墨laka峁囜弓ha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.鈥擺Cf. chapter 3, 鈥渙n unfavorable marks鈥漖: 鈥�2. If his tusks have streaks or lumps, and are very rough, blotched, or coarse; if his penis is leprous spotted, not smooth (asnigdha) and even, has white spots, is very short, is covered over with veins and thin if his tail is very crooked, enormous, distorted, knotty, or short ; if his tail root, hold, and back are small ; that elephant is inferior鈥�.

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膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asnigdha (啶呧じ啷嵿え啶苦啷嵿ぇ).鈥�a.

1) Not smooth, hard, dry.

2) Unkind.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Asnigdha (啶呧じ啷嵿え啶苦啷嵿ぇ).鈥攎fn.

(-驳诲丑补岣�-驳诲丑腻-驳诲丑补峁�) 1. Harsh, hard, dry. 2. Harsh, unkind. E. a neg. and snigdha unctuous.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Asnigdha (啶呧じ啷嵿え啶苦啷嵿ぇ):鈥擺=a-snigdha] mfn. not smooth, harsh, hard.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Asnigdha (啶呧じ啷嵿え啶苦啷嵿ぇ):鈥擺a-snigdha] (gdha岣�-gdh膩-gdha峁�) a. Harsh.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Asnigdha (嗖呧哺喑嵿波嗖苦矖喑嵿钵):鈥�

1) [adjective] not oily; not sticky; not viscous.

2) [adjective] not friendly; harsh (in human relations).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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