# तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā)

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तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) is a Sanskrit word meaning thirst, desire or avidity, strong desire, greed, or avidity, desire or wish, desire, greed, or eagerness, greediness or strong desire. 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 — E. tṛṣ to thirst, na Unadi aff
- **SLP1:** `tfzRA`  **IAST:** tṛṣṇā  **Devanagari:** तृष्णा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trishna_%28Vedic_thought%29
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/trishna/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Thirst and Desire/Avidity (8 definitions)
- 1. Thirst. 2. Desire, greed, or eagerness.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 111-3 ] तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) tṛ́ṣ-ṇā, f. thirst; desire, greed; eagerness for ( —° ): -āmaya, a. dying of thirst. [ ID=8754 ]
- 1. Thirst. 2. Desire or wish.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 384 ] तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) f. ( - ष्णा (-ṣṇā) ) 1 Thirst. 2 Desire, wish. E. तृषं (tṛṣaṃ) to thirst, न (na) Uṇādi aff. [ ID=17848 ]
- 1. Thirst. 2. Desire.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 340-a ] तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) ( ष्णा ) ((ṣṇā)) 1. f. Thirst; desire. [ ID=17328 ]
- 1. Thirst. 2. Strong desire. 3. Desire of gain.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 315-08 ] तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) f. 1. Thirst, Rt. i.15; 2. strong desire, avidity, R. viii.2; 3. desire of gain, Bhartr. iii.5. [ ID=15891 ]
- 1. Thirst. 2. Desire or wish.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तृष् (tṛṣ) णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 320-a ] तृष् (tṛṣ) णा (tṛṣṇā) f. ( - ष्णा (-ṣṇā) ) 1. Thirst. 2. Desire, wish. E. तृष् (tṛṣ) to thirst, न (na) Unadi aff. [ ID=17831 ]
- 1. Thirst. 2. Desire.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 0371-b ] तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) tṛṣṇā, i. e. tṛṣ + na, f. 1. Thirst, Man. 8, 67. 2. Desire, Bhartṛ. 2, 70. — Comp. Ati-, f. excess of cove- tousness, Man. 7, 139. Ati-tṛṣṇa, adj. very thirsty, Ragh. 2, 69. Mṛga-, f. mirage. Vi-, adj. free from desire. Sa-tṛṣṇa + m, adv. with desire, Śāk. d. 59. [ ID=6040 ]
- 1. Thirst. 2. Greediness or strong desire.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 208 ] तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) f. thirst; greediness, strong desire for (—°). [ ID=12650 ]
- Thirst, strong desire  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 0383-b ] Tṛṣṇā, f. (in the Veda the accent is on the first syllable, in later Sanskrit on the last), thirst, strong wish, desire, avidity; (Tṛṣṇā and Lobha are some- times personified as the parents of Dambha; or Tṛṣṇā is variously regarded as a daughter of Death, or of Pāpīyas, or as generated by Vedanā and gene- rating Upādāna); [cf. ati-tṛṣṇa. ] —Tṛṣṇā- kṣaya, as, m. cessation of desire, tranquillity of mind, resignation, patience, content. —Tṛṣṇā-ghna, as, ī, am, quenching the thirst. —Tṛṣṇāmaya (°ṇā-ām°), as, ā, am, ill with thirst. —Tṛṣṇā- māra, as, m., Ved. dying of thirst. —Tṛṣṇāri (°ṇā-ari), is, m. ‘enemy of thirst,’ a kind of plant ( = parpaṭa ). [ ID=21303 ]

### Physical Thirst (3 definitions)
- thirst  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 454,1] तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) f. thirst, i, vii, ix; AV.; ŚBr. &c. [ ID=86805 ]
- Thirst  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 0545-a ] तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [ तृष् न किच्च (tṛṣ na kicca) ] 1 Thirst ( lit. and fig. ); तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) ं छिनत्त्यात्मनः (tṛṣṇāṃ chinattyātmanaḥ) Hitopadeśa (Nirṇaya Sāgara Edition) 1. 171; Ṛtusaṃhāra (Bombay) 1. 15
- thirst  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 165-a ] tṛ́ṣṇā, f. thirst. [ √tṛṣ, 1177a.] [ ID=1800 ]

### Desire, Avidity, or Greed (2 definitions)
- desire or avidity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > desire, avidity (chiefly ifc. ), R.; Ragh.; BhP. &c. [ ID=86806 ]
- Strong desire, greed, or avidity.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 0545-a ] तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [ तृष् न किच्च (tṛṣ na kicca) ] 2 Desire, strong desire, greed, avidity, desire of gain; तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) ं छिंद्धि (tṛṣṇāṃ chiṃddhi) Bhartṛhari’s three Śatakas (the figures 1., 2., 3. after Bh. denoting Śṛṅgāraº, Nītiº, and Vairāgyaº) 2. 77, 3. 5; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 8. 2

### Personification or Philosophical/Mythological Role (2 definitions)
- Avidity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Avidity as mother of Dambha ( Prabodha-candrodaya (Title) ii, 11/12 ), daughter of Death (Mṛtyu, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) i, 7, 31; or Māra, Lalita-vistara (Title) xxiv, 20 ), generated by Vedanā and generating Upādāna ( Buddh. ) [ ID=86807 ]
- 1. Thirst or desire linked to life and death. 2. Its annihilation leads to liberation. 3. It has no end.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) [Printed book page 2-035 ] Tṛṣṇā, also Tṛṣā — implications of, with regard to life and death; 1 annihilation of, leads to mokṣa; 2 no end of. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Br. III. 68. 101; IV. 3. 42, 59.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. IV. 3. 71.] [ Footnote: 3) Vi. IV. 10. 24.] [ ID=5552 ]

### Linguistic Notes or Related/Derived Terms (1 definition)
- See ati for the definition.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > cf. अति - (ati-). [ ID=86808 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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