Adhyushtavalaya, Adhyuṣṭavalaya, Adhyushta-valaya: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Adhyuṣṭavalaya can be transliterated into English as Adhyustavalaya or Adhyushtavalaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhyuṣṭavalaya (अध्युष्टवलय):—[=adhy-uṣṭa-valaya] [from adhy-uṣṭa] m. forming a ring coiled up three and a half times (as a snake).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhyuṣṭavalaya (अध्युष्टवलय):—[bahuvrihi compound] m.
(-yaḥ) Having the ringlets coiled, wound into rings. This word occurs in the poem Ānandalaharī as the epithet of a serpent, to indicate that it is in profound sleep, forming, then, three ringlets and a half; the god Śiva is likened to a serpent coiled up in this manner, its half ringlet being compared to his Śakti or female energy and the three others to the god as representing the Trimūrti. E. adhyuṣṭa and valaya.
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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