Aksharaja, Akṣarāja, Aksha-raja: 5 definitions

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Aksharaja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Aksharaja has 3 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Akṣarāja can be transliterated into English as Aksaraja or Aksharaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[Deutsch Wörterbuch]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Akṣarāja (अक्षराज):—(akṣa + rāja) m. König der Würfel [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 30, 18.] Ihm wird beim Puruṣamedha der Kitava geweiht. Verstanden ist darunter der den Namen Kali führende Würfel. Vgl. das akṣasūkta [Ṛgveda 10, 34, 12.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Akṣarāja (अक्षराज):—m. König der Würfel.

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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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