Ahikshatra, Ahikṣatra, Ahi-kshatra: 5 definitions

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Ahikshatra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.

The Sanskrit term Ahikṣatra can be transliterated into English as Ahiksatra or Ahikshatra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: The ocean of story (history)

Ahikṣatra (अहिक्षत्र) is another name for Ahicchatrā, referred to in the Mahābhārata, Ādiparva, sect. clxviii, as Chhatravatī, and is the ’O-hi-chi-ta-lo of Hiuen Tsiang (a.d. 629). [Ahicchatrā] has been identified by Cunningham (Ancient Geography of India, vol. i, p. 359 et seq.) with Rāmnagar, twenty miles west of Bareli, in Rohilkhand.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ahikṣatra (अहिक्षत्र).—Name of a country in the east.

Derivable forms: ahikṣatraḥ (अहिक्षत्रः).

Ahikṣatra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ahi and kṣatra (क्षत्र). See also (synonyms): ahikṣetra.

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

Ahikṣatra (अहिक्षत्र):—[=ahi-kṣatra] [from ahi] m. (= -cchattra q.v.) Name of a country, [Mahābhārata iii, 15244.]

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Ahikshatra 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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