Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“diseases”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“diseases”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
घसना
to rub
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáršati Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰárṣati Sanskrit घर्ष॑ति (ghárṣati)der. Sanskrit *घृषति (*ghṛṣati) Prakrit 𑀖𑀲𑀇 (ghasaï) Hindi घसना Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀲𑀇 (ghasaï), from Sanskrit *घृषति (*ghṛṣati), from घर्ष॑ति (ghárṣati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
flesh, meat, (cf. ud-.)
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Dictionary citations
ghasa m. ‘devourer’, N. of a demon causing diseases, Hariv. 9558
of a Rākṣasa, R. v, 12, 12
flesh, meat, Gal. (cf. ud-.)
ghasa (ā ḷ,) aughaslaaughasḷ r. 1st cl. (ghasati) To eat: this root is in many tenses a substitute for ada, and is itself imperfect in others. (i,) ghasi r. 1st cl. (ghaṃsate) To sprinkle or drop; this root is not generally admitted.
Alternative readings
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