Akshar, Ākṣar: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ākṣar can be transliterated into English as Aksar or Akshar, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀkṣar (आक्षर्).—1 P.
1) To abuse, revile, accuse falsely, calumniate; मातरं पितरं जायां भ्रातरं तनयं गुरुम् आक्षारयन् (mātaraṃ pitaraṃ jāyāṃ bhrātaraṃ tanayaṃ gurum ākṣārayan) Manusmṛti 8.275.
2) To punish.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀkṣar (आक्षर्).—[Causative] cause to flow near, sprinkle, soil; defame, accuse.
Ākṣar is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and kṣar (क्षर्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀkṣar (आक्षर्):—[=ā-√kṣar] [Causal] -kṣārayati (only for the explan. of ā-kṣāra below) = ā-secayati (‘to besprinkle’), [Pbr.];
— (p. -kṣārayat) to calumniate, accuse (of any great crime), [Manu-smṛti viii, 275.]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Aksar in Hindi refers in English to:—(adv) see [aksara]..—aksar (अकसर) is alternatively transliterated as Akasara.
2) Akshar in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) any letter of the alphabet, character; syllable; (a) imperishable, undecaying; intact; ~[ganita] [Algebra;] ~[jivi] a professional author, a free-lance writer; ~[mala] the alphabet; —[yojana] (Printing) composition;—[yojaka] compositor;—[vinyasa] spelling;—[se bhemta na hona] to be absolutely illiterate..—akshar (अक्षर) is alternatively transliterated as Akṣara.
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