Astarapankti, Āstārapaṅkti, Astara-pankti: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀstārapaṅkti (आस्तारपङ्क्ति):—(ā + pa) f. Name eines Metrums, dessen erste Zeile aus zwei achtsilbigen, die zweite aus zwei zwölfsilbigen Pāda besteht; als Beispiel wird angegeben [Ṛgveda 10, 21, 2.] [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 16, 40.] [Colebrooke II, 153 (V, 3).] — Vgl. prastārapaṅkti, vistārapa, saṃstārapa .
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Āstārapaṅkti (आस्तारपङ्क्ति):—[Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 98. fg. 249.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀstārapaṅkti (आस्तारपङ्क्ति):—f. ein best. Metrum
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: Pankti, Astara.
Ends with: Prastarapankti.
Full-text: Astarapankati, Astara.
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