Ashtakapala, Aṣṭākapāla, Aṣṭakapāla, Ashtan-kapala: 7 definitions
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Ashtakapala has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Aṣṭākapāla and Aṣṭakapāla can be transliterated into English as Astakapala or Ashtakapala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAṣṭakapāla (अष्टकपाल):—Adj. = aṣṭāka.
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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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Partial matches: Ashta, Kapala.
Starts with: Ashtakapalam.
Full-text: Ekadashakapala, Dvadashakapala, Ashtakapalam, Kapalashtaka, Vasuman.
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