Ashleshaka, Aśleṣaka: 1 definition
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Ashleshaka 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 Aśleṣaka can be transliterated into English as Aslesaka or Ashleshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAśleṣaka (अश्लेषक).—adj., applied to colors: °kai raṅgaiḥ (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 61.14; 68.8; 74.22; °kair varṇaiḥ id. 289.11; 304.15; 699.17; 702.6; °kair varṇakaiḥ 318.7; 322.20; 567.25; perhaps not bound or mixed (with foreign substances), pure; so apparently Lalou, Iconographie p. 30, l. 3, couleurs franches; she cites Tibetan (78.24) as chon (read surely tshon) ma ḥdres, unmixed color.
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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