The Sanskrit term Akṣakarṇa can be transliterated into English as Aksakarna or Akshakarna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

akṣakarṇa (अक्षकर्ण).—m S Argument of the latitude.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Akṣakarṇa (अक्षकर्ण).—hypotenuse, particularly of the triangle formed with the gnomon of a dial and its shadow; (astr.) argument of the latitude.

Derivable forms: akṣakarṇaḥ (अक्षकर्णः).

Akṣakarṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms akṣa and karṇa (कर्ण).

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

Akṣakarṇa (अक्षकर्ण).—n.

(-rṇaḥ) 1. The hypotenuse, especially of the triangle formed with the gnomon of a dial and its shadow. 2. (In astronomy.) Argument of the latitude.

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

1) Akṣakarṇa (अक्षकर्ण):—[=akṣa-karṇa] [from akṣa > akṣ] m. the hypotenuse, especially of the triangle formed with the gnomon of a dial and its shadow

2) [v.s. ...] (in [astronomy]) argument of the latitude.

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

Akṣakarṇa (अक्षकर्ण):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-rṇaḥ) 1) The hypothenuse, especially of the triangle formed with the gnomon of a dial and its shadow.

2) (In astronomy.) Argument of the latitude. E. akṣa and karṇa.

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

Akṣakarṇa (अक्षकर्ण):—[akṣa-karṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. Hypothenuse.

context information

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: Aksha, Karna.

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