Ashtashtaka, Ashtan-ashtaka, Aṣṭāṣṭaka: 3 definitions
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Ashtashtaka has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Aṣṭāṣṭaka can be transliterated into English as Astastaka or Ashtashtaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAṣṭāṣṭaka (अष्टाष्टक):—1. n. acht Oktaden , vierundsechzig.
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Aṣṭāṣṭaka (अष्टाष्टक):—2. Adj. aus 64 bestehend.
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, Ashtaka.
Full-text: Puryashta, Tryashtaka, Ashtaka.
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