Ashmanagara, Aśmanagara, Ashman-nagara: 5 definitions
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Ashmanagara 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 Aśmanagara can be transliterated into English as Asmanagara or Ashmanagara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Aśmanagara (अश्मनगर).—A city of the nether world. The Uttara Rāmāyaṇa states that Rāvaṇa entered this city when he was going home in the Puṣpaka Vimāna (the aeroplane of ancient times) stolen from Kubera.
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
Aśmanagara (अश्मनगर).—Name of a town in which Kālakeya resided.
Derivable forms: aśmanagaram (अश्मनगरम्).
Aśmanagara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśman and nagara (नगर).
Aśmanagara (अश्मनगर):—[=aśma-nagara] [from aśma > aśna] n. Name of the town in which Kālakeya resided, [Rāmāyaṇa vii.]
Aśmanagara (अश्मनगर):—(2. aśman + na) n. Nomen proprium der von den Kālakeya bewohnten Stadt [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 23, 17. 24, 1.]
Aśmanagara (अश्मनगर):—m. Nomen proprium der von den Kālakeya bewohnten Felsenstadt.
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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