Akshavapana, Akṣāvapana, Aksha-avapana: 5 definitions
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Akshavapana 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 Akṣāvapana can be transliterated into English as Aksavapana or Akshavapana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAkṣāvapana (अक्षावपन).—[akṣān pāśān āvapati kṣipatyasmin; ā-vap-ādhāre lyuṭ] a dice-board (akṣā upyante'sminniti akṣāvapanam akṣasthānāvapanapātram, sāyaṇa).
Derivable forms: akṣāvapanam (अक्षावपनम्).
Akṣāvapana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms akṣa and āvapana (आवपन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAkṣāvapana (अक्षावपन):—[from akṣa > akṣ] n. a dice-board, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAkṣāvapana (अक्षावपन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) A dice-board. E. akṣa and āvapana.
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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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Partial matches: Aksha, Avapana.
Full-text: Avapana.
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