Mayurashtaka, Mayūrāṣṭaka: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mayūrāṣṭaka can be transliterated into English as Mayurastaka or Mayurashtaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMayūrāṣṭaka (मयूराष्टक):—[(mayūra + a)] n. Mayūra’s Octade, Titel eines aus 8 Śloka bestehenden Gedichts Mayūra’s, in der er die Reize seiner Tochter schildert, [HALL] in der Einl. zu [VĀSAVAD. S. 8.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMayūrāṣṭaka (मयूराष्टक):—n. Titel eines Gedichts.
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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Ends with: Kalimattamayurashtaka.
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