Ashtavakra, Aṣṭāvakra, Ashtan-vakra: 19 definitions
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Ashtavakra has 17 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Aṣṭāvakra can be transliterated into English as Astavakra or Ashtavakra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र):—(aṣṭan + vakra) m. saṃjñāyām [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 125,] [Scholiast] Nomen proprium ein Brahman, ein Sohn Kahoḍa’s; sein Leben wird erzählt [Mahābhārata 3, 10599. fgg.] tārito haṃ tvayā putra satputreṇa mahātmanā . aṣṭāvakreṇa dharmātmanpitā vai tārito yathā [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 104, 17. 18.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 617. fg.] [Harivaṃśa] [LANG. I, Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 513.] ein philosophischer Autor [Böhtlingk’s Verzeichniss No. 98.]
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Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र):—
1) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Kathāsaritsāgara 105, 22. fgg.] [HALL 125.] gītā, sūktidīpikā ebend. saṃhitā [Oxforder Handschriften 227,b, No. 558.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Tīrtha [Mahābhārata 13, 1727.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र):——
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes. gītā , saṃhitā und sūktidīpikā f. Titel von Schriften. —
2) n. Nomen proprium eines Tīrtha.
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, Vakra.
Starts with: Ashtavakra Gita, Ashtavakradipika, Ashtavakrakhyana, Ashtavakrasamhita, Ashtavakrasana, Ashtavakrasuktidipika, Ashtavakrate, Ashtavakratirtha.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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