Ashta-pushpika, Aṣṭa-puṣpikā, Ashtapushpika: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aṣṭa-puṣpikā can be transliterated into English as Asta-puspika or Ashta-pushpika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAṣṭapuṣpikā (अष्टपुष्पिका):—f. ein aus achterlei Blumen bestehender Kranz [Kād. (1872) 255,20.]
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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