Ashtatarini, Aṣṭatāriṇī, Ashtan-tarini: 1 definition
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Ashtatarini means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Aṣṭatāriṇī can be transliterated into English as Astatarini or Ashtatarini, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṣṭatāriṇī (अष्टतारिणी).—the eight forms of the goddess तारिणी (tāriṇī); तारा- चोग्रा महोग्रा च वज्रा काली सरस्वती । कावेश्वरी च चामुण्डा इत्यष्टौ तारिण्यो मताः (tārā- cogrā mahogrā ca vajrā kālī sarasvatī | kāveśvarī ca cāmuṇḍā ityaṣṭau tāriṇyo matāḥ) ||.
Aṣṭatāriṇī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭan and tāriṇī (तारिणी).
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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