असेचन​

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Sanskrit[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

असेचन​ (asecana​)

  1. lovely, charming

Descendants[edit]

  • Tocharian B: asecanadarśaṃ

Further reading[edit]

  • 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