The Sanskrit term Rathākṣa can be transliterated into English as Rathaksa or Rathaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Rathākṣa (रथाक्ष).—A warrior of Subrahmaṇya. (Śalya Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 63).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Rathākṣa (रथाक्ष) in the Yajurveda-saṃhitās denotes the ‘axle of the chariot’. Its length is given by the scholiast on the Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra as 104 Aṅgulas (‘finger-breadths’), which agrees with the statement in the Āpastamba-śulba-sūtra. See Ratha.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rathākṣa (रथाक्ष).—

1) a carriage-axle.

2) a measure of length (= 14 aṅgulas).

Derivable forms: rathākṣaḥ (रथाक्षः).

Rathākṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ratha and akṣa (अक्ष).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rathākṣa (रथाक्ष).—[masculine] a carriage axle.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Rathākṣa (रथाक्ष):—[from ratha] m. a ch°-axle, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] a measure of length, = 104 Aṅgulas (-mātra mfn. having that length), [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; ib. [Scholiast or Commentator]] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] Name of one of Skanda’s attendants, [Mahābhārata]

[Sanskrit to German]

Rathaksha in German

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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: Aksha, Ratha.

Starts with: Rathakshamatra, Rathakshaya.

Full-text: Rathakshamatra, Ratheshu.

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