The Sanskrit term Āścaryamaya can be transliterated into English as Ascaryamaya or Ashcaryamaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Ashcharyamaya.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Āścaryamaya (आश्चर्यमय) refers to “that which is made of wonderful features”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.9 (“Śiva’s campaign”).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumāra narrated to Vyāsa: “Brahmā handed over that divine chariot of various wonderful features (nānā-āścaryamaya) to Śiva after yoking the Vedas as the horses. After dedicating the same to Śiva, he requested Śiva the lord of the gods, approved by Viṣṇu and other gods to mount the chariot. The great lord Śiva identifying himself with all the gods got into that chariot that had various scaffoldings attached to it. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Āścaryamaya (आश्चर्यमय).—[āścarya + maya], adj., f. yī, Wonderful, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 26, 64.

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

Āścaryamaya (आश्चर्यमय):—[=āścarya-maya] [from āścarya] mfn. wonderful, marvellous, miraculous, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Bhagavad-gītā]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashcaryamaya 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ashcarya, Maya.

Ends with: Bahvashcaryamaya, Sarvashcaryamaya, Sashcaryamaya.

Full-text: Bahvashcaryamaya.

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