Ashagaja, Āśāgaja, Asha-gaja: 6 definitions

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Ashagaja means something in Jainism, Prakrit, 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 Āśāgaja can be transliterated into English as Asagaja or Ashagaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Āśāgaja (आशागज) refers to the “elephants of the quarters”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Rudra, elephants of the quarters (āśāgaja), gods, demons, aerial spirits, aquatic predators, the planets, the Vyantaras, the guardians of the quarters of the sky, the enemies [of Vāsudeva], Hari, Bala, the chief of the snakes, the lord of the discus (i.e. Viṣṇu) and others who are powerful, the wind, the sun, etc. all themselves having come together are not able to protect an embodied soul even for an instant [when death is] initiated by the servants of Yama”.

Synonyms: Diggaja.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āśāgaja (आशागज).—a guardian elephant of a quarter or point of the compass; see अष्टदिग्गज (aṣṭadiggaja).

Derivable forms: āśāgajaḥ (आशागजः).

Āśāgaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āśā and gaja (गज).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āśāgaja (आशागज).—m. an elephant, supposed to support a quarter of the world, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 43, 7 Gorr. Diggaja, i. e.

Āśāgaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āśā and gaja (गज).

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

1) Āśāgaja (आशागज):—[=āśā-gaja] [from āśā] m. elephant of the quarter

2) [v.s. ...] (one of the supposed four [or eight] mythical elephants which support the world, standing in the quarters [and intermediate points] of the compass), [Rāmāyaṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashagaja 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Āśāgaja (ಆಶಾಗಜ):—

1) [noun] (myth.) any of the eight celestial elephants holding the world on their back.

2) [noun] a symbol for the number eight.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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