Apashtha, Apaṣṭha, Apāṣṭha: 6 definitions
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Apashtha has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Apaṣṭha and Apāṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Apastha or Apashtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchApaṣṭha (अपष्ठ):—(von sthā mit apa) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 3, 97.] m. [Scholiast] n. Widerhaken, mit dem der Elephant angetrieben wird, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1231.] — Vgl. apāṣṭha .
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Apāṣṭha (अपाष्ठ):—
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Apāṣṭha (अपाष्ठ):—
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungApaṣṭha (अपष्ठ):—m. n. Spitze des Wiederhakens , mit dem ein Elephant geleitet wird.
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Apāṣṭha (अपाष्ठ):—m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) Haken.
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: Apashthavant, Apashthavat.
Ends with: Mapashtha, Shatapashtha.
Full-text: Apashthavat, Apashthula, Apashthura, Apashthu, Apashti, Apatthapeti, Ayopashthi, Apashthi, Ayopashti, Ishu.
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