Aparasvastika, Apara-svastika: 4 definitions
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Aparasvastika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryaparasvastika (अपरस्वस्तिक).—n S The west point of the horizon.
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 dictionaryAparasvastika (अपरस्वस्तिक).—the western point in the horizon.
Derivable forms: aparasvastikam (अपरस्वस्तिकम्).
Aparasvastika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apara and svastika (स्वस्तिक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAparasvastika (अपरस्वस्तिक):—[=apara-svastika] [from apara] n. the western point in the horizon.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAparasvastika (अपरस्वस्तिक):—[karmadharaya compound] n.
(-kam) The west point of the ho-rizon. Comp. paścātsvastika. E. apara (see I. 1. 4.) and svastika.
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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