Akaya, Akāya, Ākāya, Akāyā: 12 definitions
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Akaya has 10 English definitions available.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAkāya (अकाय):—(3. a + kāya) adj. körperlos [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 40, 8] (brahma).
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Ākāya (आकाय):—(von ci mit ā) m. Scheiterhaufen [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 174.] ākāyamagniṃ cinvīta [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 41,] [Scholiast]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAkāya (अकाय):—Adj. körperlos.
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Ākāya (आकाय):—m. Scheiterhaufen.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with (+11): Akaya assi, Akaya karutan, Akaya valli, Akaya-p-puritam, Akaya-valli, Akayacarita, Akayacaritra, Akayaccakkaram, Akayaculai, Akayaddamarai, Akayakamanam, Akayakanam, Akayakankai, Akayakarutan, Akayakkakkari, Akayakkattiri, Akayam, Akayamauni, Akayamuli, Akayan.
Ends with (+148): Abhrakaya, Adharakaya, Adhyatmakaya, Agrakaya, Ahamkarakaya, Aharakakaya, Ajivakaya, Akashakaya, Akashasthakaya, Alpakaya, Amarakaya, Anantakaya, Anavakaya, Aparakaya, Apraptakaya, Ardhakaya, Asurakaya, Atmakaya, Avakaya, Avanatakaya.
Full-text (+10): Akayam, Akaya-valli, Akaya valli, Akaya assi, Akaya karutan, Akritya, Akayaveli, Akayamuli, Akrita, Akayaculai, Akayappaci, Akayamauni, Akayappu, Akayakkakkari, Akayaccakkaram, Akayakankai, Akayakamanam, Akayattamarai, Akaya-p-puritam, Akaca.
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