Akshyamaya, Akṣyāmaya, Akshi-amaya: 3 definitions

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Akshyamaya 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 Akṣyāmaya can be transliterated into English as Aksyamaya or Akshyamaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Akṣyāmaya (अक्ष्यामय).—an eye-disease; यथा अक्ष्यामये मुद्गौदनं निवातशय्या चेति नित्यं शय्यासनं भोजनं च विकरोति (yathā akṣyāmaye mudgaudanaṃ nivātaśayyā ceti nityaṃ śayyāsanaṃ bhojanaṃ ca vikaroti) | ŚB. on MS.1.3.32 and 1.6-81.

Derivable forms: akṣyāmayaḥ (अक्ष्यामयः).

Akṣyāmaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms akṣi and āmaya (आमय).

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

Akṣyāmaya (अक्ष्यामय):—[=akṣy-āmaya] [from akṣi] m. disease of the eye, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Akshyamaya in German

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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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