As a deity name
Name 226 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
नासना
to destroy, annihilate, slay
Śabdasāgara also records: नासिका । नाक · नासारंध्र । नाक का छेद । नथना
Platts (p. 1114) also records: The nose
Cited formation "नासा" is ना- + सा: सा means "like, as", and the prefix ना- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(2) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नासा" is नास + -आ: नास means "any substance ingested nasally", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नासा" is नासना + -आ: नासना means "to destroy, annihilate, slay", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set नसना (nasnā) नासना (nāsnā) नसाना (nasānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *noḱ-éye-ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *nāćáyati Proto-Indo-Aryan *nāśáyati Sanskrit ना॒शय॑ति (nāśáyati) Prakrit…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the nose (either du., e.g., or sg.; &c.; ifc. ā, &c.)
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Dictionary citations
nāsā f. the nose (either du., e.g. AV. v, 23, 3, or sg. Mn.; MBh. &c.; ifc. f(ā). , MBh.; R. &c.)
proboscis (cf. gaja-n˚)
= -dāru (below), L.
Gendarussa Vulgaris, L. (cf. 3. nas and nāsikā).
nāsā [nās-bhāve a] 1 The nose; sphuradadharanāsāpuṭatayā U. 1. 29; Bg. 5. 27. 2 The trunk of an elephant. 3 The upper timber of a door. 4 A sound. Comp. — agraṃ the tip of the nose; Māl. 1. 1. — chidraṃ, -raṃdhraṃ, — vivaraṃ a nostril. — dāru n. the upper timber of a door-frame. — nāhaḥ the thickening of the membrane of the nose. — parisrāvaḥ running at the nose. a running cold. — puṭaḥ, -puṭaṃ a nostril, ˚maryādā the septum of the nose. — vaṃśaḥ the bridge of the nose. — srāvaḥ a running cold.
Alternative readings
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