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तृष्णाtṛṣṇā

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) is a Sanskrit word meaning thirst, desire or avidity, see ati for the definition, strong desire, greed, or avidity, desire or wish, desire, greed, or eagerness. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Thirst and Desire/Avidity, Physical Thirst, Desire, Avidity, or Greed.

Root
तृष् (tṛṣ)
Etymology
E. तृष् to thirst, न Unadi aff
Definitions
16
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Meanings by context

Thirst and Desire/Avidity

8 definitions
1. Thirst. 2. Desire, greed, or eagerness.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Thirst. 2. Desire or wish.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Thirst. 2. Desire.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Thirst. 2. Strong desire. 3. Desire of gain.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Thirst. 2. Desire or wish.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Thirst. 2. Desire.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Thirst. 2. Greediness or strong desire.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Thirst, strong desire

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Physical Thirst

3 definitions
thirst

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Thirst

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

thirst

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Desire, Avidity, or Greed

2 definitions
desire or avidity

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Strong desire, greed, or avidity.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Personification or Philosophical/Mythological Role

2 definitions
Avidity

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Thirst or desire linked to life and death. 2. Its annihilation leads to liberation. 3. It has no end.

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.