Akashadipa, Ākāśadīpa, Akasha-dipa: 8 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Ākāśadīpa can be transliterated into English as Akasadipa or Akashadipa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Akashadipa in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ākāśadīpa (आकाशदीप).—

1) a lamp lighted in honour of Lakṣmī or Viṣṇu and raised on a pole in the air at the Divāli festival in the month of Kārtika.

2) a beacon-light, a lantern on a pole.

Derivable forms: ākāśadīpaḥ (आकाशदीपः).

Ākāśadīpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ākāśa and dīpa (दीप). See also (synonyms): ākāśapradīpa.

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

Akāśadīpa (अकाशदीप).—m.

(-paḥ) 1. A lamp or torch lighted in honour of Lakshmi or Vishnu, and elevated on a pole in the open air at the Dewali festival, in the month Kartik. 2. A beacon, a lanthorn on a pole. E. ākāśa and dīpa a lamp; also ākāśapradīpaḥ.

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

1) Ākāśadīpa (आकाशदीप):—[=ā-kāśa-dīpa] [from ā-kāśa > ā-kāś] m. a lamp or torch lighted in honour of Lakṣmī or Viṣṇu and elevated on a pole in the air at the Dīvāli (Dīpāvali) festival, in the month Kārttika, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] any lantern on a pole, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Ākāśadīpa (आकाशदीप):—[ākāśa-dīpa] (paḥ) 1. m. A lamp elevated in honour of Lakshmī, or Vishnu; a beacon, a lanthorn.

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Akashadipa 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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Akashadipa in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ākāśadīpa (ಆಕಾಶದೀಪ):—

1) [noun] a lamp lighted and raised on a pole in the air at the Dīpāvaḷi festival.

2) [noun] a light on the top of a lofty pole installed in a light-house, at the ports guiding the ships towards; a beacon-light.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

[«previous next»] — Akashadipa in Nepali glossary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Ākāśadīpa (आकाशदीप):—n. a lamp/ford attached to a pole;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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