Dashakshara, Dashan-akshara, Daśākṣara: 6 definitions
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Dashakshara 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.
Dashakshara has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Daśākṣara can be transliterated into English as Dasaksara or Dashakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDaśākṣara (दशाक्षर):—(daśan + akṣara) adj. zehnsilbig: varuṇo.daśākṣareṇa vi.āja.udajayat [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 9. 33.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 1, 1, 22. 3, 3, 2, 17. 10, 5, 4, 8.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDaśākṣara (दशाक्षर):—Adj. (f. ā) zehnsilbig [36,26.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dasa, Akshara, Tacan, Taca.
Starts with: Dashaksharamantra, Dashaksharavidhi.
Ends with: Ashtadashakshara, Caturdashakshara, Dvadashakshara, Ekadashakshara, Pancadashakshara, Saptadashakshara, Shodashakshara, Shridashakshara, Trayodashakshara.
Full-text: Shridashakshara, Pancadashakshara, Trayodashakshara, Saptadashakshara, Caturdashakshara, Ashtadasha, Dashaksharamantra, Dashaksharavidhi, Khacara, Pratishthavidhi.
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Srila Gurudeva (The Supreme Treasure) (by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja)
Essential Practices and Chanting of Mantras < [Chapter 2.12 - Early ISKCON Conversations with Śrīla Gurudeva]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.9.50 < [Chapter 9 - The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Śrīdhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics]
Verse 1.17.107 < [Chapter 17 - The Lord’s Travel to Gayā]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Appendix: The Ten-syllable mantra
Verse 2.1.35-37 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]