asfj n. [ na sfjyate itararAgavat saMsfjyate sahajatvAt na-sfj-kvin Tv. ] 1 Blood. 2 The planet Mars. 3 Saffron. — m. N. of the 16th of the 27 Yogas; DanI kurUpaH kumatI durAtmA videSagAmI ruDiraprakopaH . mahApraloBI puruzo balIyAnasfkprasUtO kila yasya jaMtoH .. . Śabdak. Comp. — karaH [ asfk SoRitaM karoti kf-wa ] the essence of the body; lymph, serum; (the process of rasa turning into blood &c., is thus described by Suśr. : - rasAdraktaM tato mAMsaM mAMsAnmedaH prajAyate . ( pb ) medasosTi tato majjA majjnaH Sukrasya saMBavaH ). — daraH an irregular or excessive menstruation, mœnorrhagia. — dAheH shedding blood. — DarA the skin. — DArA 1 a stream of blood. 2 the skin. — paH , — pAH ‘a blood-drinker’, a Rākṣasa. — pAtaH the falling of blood. ( pl. ) drops of blood. — pAvan a. Ved. drinking blood. — vahA a blood-vessel; pulse. — vimokzaRaM blood-letting, bleeding. — SrA (srA) vaH bleeding.