Aranyadhyaksha, Araṇyādhyakṣa, Aranya-adhyaksha: 3 definitions
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Aranyadhyaksha 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 Araṇyādhyakṣa can be transliterated into English as Aranyadhyaksa or Aranyadhyaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAraṇyādhyakṣa (अरण्याध्यक्ष).—headman or superintendent of a forest district; forest keeper or ranger.
Derivable forms: araṇyādhyakṣaḥ (अरण्याध्यक्षः).
Araṇyādhyakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms araṇya and adhyakṣa (अध्यक्ष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAraṇyādhyakṣa (अरण्याध्यक्ष).—m.
(-kṣaḥ) Keeper or ranger of the forests, a headman or superintendent of a forest district, an officer in the old Hindu government. E. araṇya, and adhyakṣa superintendent.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAraṇyadhyākṣa (अरण्यध्याक्ष):—[araṇyadhyā+kṣa] (kṣaḥ) 1. m. Forest-keeper.
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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