असेचन
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬲᬾᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
- အသေစန (Burmese script)
- ਅਸੇਚਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌸𑍇𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦱꦺꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂮𑂵𑂒𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- អសេចន (Khmer script)
- ອເສຈນ (Lao script)
- അസേചന (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠰ᠌ᡝᢜᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘭𑘹𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠰᠧᢋᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧍𑧚𑦳𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐳𑐾𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଅସେଚନ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢱꢾꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆱𑆼𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖭𑖸𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
- අසෙචන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑪁𑩔𑩡𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚨𑚲𑚏𑚝 (Takri script)
- அஸேசந (Tamil script)
- อเสจน (Thai script)
- ཨ་སེ་ཙ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑨀𑨰𑨄𑨣𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Unknown. The surface analysis अ- (a-, “not”) + सेचन (secana, “pouring out”) cannot account for the meaning. But consider the variation आशेचन (āśécana), which can have the same meaning.
Adjective
असेचन • (asecana) stem
Descendants
- → Tocharian B: asecanadarśaṃ
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “असेचन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 121/3.
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “असेचन”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016