Ashadhaka, Āṣāḍhaka, Aṣāḍhaka: 10 definitions
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Ashadhaka has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Āṣāḍhaka and Aṣāḍhaka can be transliterated into English as Asadhaka or Ashadhaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAṣāḍhaka (अषाढक):—(von aṣāḍha) m. der Monat Āṣāḍha [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Āṣāḍhaka (आषाढक):—m.
1) der Monat Āṣāḍha [Śabdakalpadruma] ohne Ang. einer Aut. Vgl. aṣāḍhaka . —
2) Nomen proprium eines Elephantenführers [Kathāsaritsāgara 13, 8] (a?).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAṣāḍhaka (अषाढक):—m. der Monat Āṣāḍha.
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Asādhaka (असाधक):—Adj. Etwas nicht zu Ende — , nicht zum Ziele führend , nicht abschliessend , — befriedigend , ungenügend [Jaimini's Mimāṃsādarśana 6,1,2.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 1,5,7,11.14.]
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Āṣāḍhaka (आषाढक):——
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Elephantenführers [Kathāsaritsāgara 13,8.14.16.25.] —
2) f. ḍhikā Nomen proprium einer Ārkṣasī.
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