Akashasphatika, Ākāśasphaṭika, Akasha-sphatika: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ākāśasphaṭika can be transliterated into English as Akasasphatika or Akashasphatika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Ākāśasphaṭika (आकाशस्फटिक).—a kind of crystal supposed to be formed in the atmosphere (two kinds sūryakānta and candrakānta); hail (karakā).
Derivable forms: ākāśasphaṭikaḥ (आकाशस्फटिकः).
Ākāśasphaṭika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ākāśa and sphaṭika (स्फटिक).
Ākāśasphaṭika (आकाशस्फटिक):—[=ā-kāśa-sphaṭika] [from ā-kāśa > ā-kāś] m. a kind of crystal (supposed to be formed in the atmosphere and of two kinds, Sūrya-kānta and Candra-kānta q.v.)
Ākāśasphaṭika (आकाशस्फटिक):—(ā + spha) m. Luftcrystall, von dem es zwei Arten giebt, den Sūryakānta und den Candrakānta, [Vācaspati] zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1068.] — Vgl. khasphaṭika .
Ākāśasphaṭika (आकाशस्फटिक):—m. eine Krystallart.
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 (+0): Sphatika, Akasha.
Full-text (+0): Khasphatika, Kshirasphatika.
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