Akshanavedha, Akṣaṇavedha, Akshana-vedha: 1 definition
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Akshanavedha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Akṣaṇavedha can be transliterated into English as Aksanavedha or Akshanavedha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAkṣaṇavedha (अक्षणवेध).—the art of piercing the target (un- erringly); first member hyper-Sanskrit for Pali akkhaṇa (-vedhin; see akṣaṇa-vedhin), which really derives from Sanskrit ākhaṇa, target, see [Boehtlingk and Roth] 5 App. s.v., and Coomaraswamy, Ars Islamica X (1943). 109, n. 9. Cf. śabda-vedha, vāla- vedhin. The mss. in Divyāvadāna read akṣuṇa-, or akṣūṇa-; ed. always akṣuṇṇa-: (read) akṣaṇavedhe Divyāvadāna 58.27; 100.12; 442.8, in lists of martial arts; °vedhaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 4994 (text akṣuṇṇa°, v.l. akṣuṇa°; Mironov 217.22 akṣūṇa° by em.).
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: Akshana, Vedha, Veta.
Full-text: Akshunna, Akshuna, Akshanavedhin.
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