Ashtakshara, Aṣṭakṣāra, Aṣṭākṣarā, Aṣṭākṣara, Ashtan-akshara, Astakshara: 12 definitions
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Ashtakshara has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Aṣṭakṣāra and Aṣṭākṣarā and Aṣṭākṣara can be transliterated into English as Astaksara or Ashtakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAṣṭākṣara (अष्टाक्षर):—(a + a)
1) adj. achtsilbig [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 9, 32.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 4, 1, 36. 7, 3, 23. 2, 2, 1, 17.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Autors [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 110.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 393, Nalopākhyāna 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAṣṭākṣara (अष्टाक्षर):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) achtsilbig [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5,2,1,5.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes.
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, Akshara.
Starts with: Ashtaksharam, Ashtaksharamantra, Ashtaksharamantravyakhya, Ashtaksharanirupana, Ashtaksharaparibhasha, Ashtaksharavyakhya.
Ends with: Aspashtakshara, Spashtakshara.
Full-text: Saptakshara, Ashtaksharam, Etteluttu, Tirumantiram, Agneya, Vyapakamantra, Saumya, Saumyagneya, Ashtaksharamantra, Shriramanavami, Ramanavami, Pranapratishtha, Dvadashamantra, Mantra, Ekakshara, Kram, Mantiram, Shriramanavamiprashamsa, Dashaksharavidhi.
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