Abjahasta, Abja-hasta: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abjahasta (अब्जहस्त).—the sun (represented as holding a lotus in one hand).

Derivable forms: abjahastaḥ (अब्जहस्तः).

Abjahasta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abja and hasta (हस्त).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abjahasta (अब्जहस्त).—m.

(-staḥ) The sun. E. abja a lotus, and hasta a hand: Surjya is represented holding this flower in one hand.

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

Abjahasta (अब्जहस्त):—[=ab-ja-hasta] [from ab-ja] m. the sun (represented as holding a lotus in one hand), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Abjahasta (अब्जहस्त):—[bahuvrihi compound] m.

(-staḥ) The sun; (Sūrya is represented when sitting on his chariot, holding a lotus in one hand). E. abja and hasta.

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

Abjahasta (अब्जहस्त):—[abja-hasta] (staḥ) 1. m. The sun.

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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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