# आश्लेषा (āśleṣā)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ashlesha

आश्लेषा (āśleṣā) is a Sanskrit word meaning intimate connection or contact, slight contact, an embrace, intwining, adherence or clinging to, name of the seventh lunar mansion. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them General Physical Contact or Adherence, The Nakshatra Āśleṣā, Embracing or Intwining.

- **SLP1:** `ASlezA`  **IAST:** āśleṣā  **Devanagari:** आश्लेषा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashlesha
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ashlesha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** आश्लेष (āśleṣa), अश्लेषा (aśleṣā)

## Meanings by context

### General Physical Contact or Adherence (3 definitions)
- Intimate connection or contact  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 159,1] आ - श्लेष (ā-śleṣa) m. intimate connection, contact [ ID=27730 ]
- Slight contact  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > slight contact, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=27731 ]
- adherence or clinging to  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > adherence, clinging to, Nyāyamālā-vistara (Title) [ ID=27734 ]

### The Nakshatra Āśleṣā (3 definitions)
- Name of the seventh lunar mansion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 159,1] आ - श्लेषा (ā-śleṣā) f. and ( आस् (ās) ) f. pl. N. of the seventh Nakṣatra, Atharva-veda (Title); Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title); Suśruta (Title); Mahābhārata (Title); Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) [ ID=27735 ]
- See ashlesha  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आश्लेषा (āśleṣā) [Printed book page 112-03 ] आश्लेषा (āśleṣā) f. See अश्लेषा (aśleṣā). [ ID=5574 ]
- 1. A specific point on the left hind foot of the Shishumara constellation. 2. The seventh nakshatra.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > आश्लेषा (āśleṣā) [Printed book page 1-178 ] Āśleṣā — on the left hind foot of the Śiśumāra. 1 Its im- portance for śrāddha; 2 the seventh nakṣatra. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. V. 23. 6; Br. II. 24. 135.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. III. 18. 5.] [ Footnote: 3) Vā. 82. 5.] [ ID=1447 ]

### Embracing or Intwining (2 definitions)
- An embrace  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > embracing, embrace [ ID=27732 ]
- intwining  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > intwining, Mahābhārata (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title); Meghadūta (Title); Amaru-śataka (Title) &c. [ ID=27733 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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