Ashmaplava, Ashma-plava, Aśmaplava: 3 definitions
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Ashmaplava 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 Aśmaplava can be transliterated into English as Asmaplava or Ashmaplava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Aśmaplava (अश्मप्लव).—[-n], m. a boat of stone, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 190. See
Aśmaplava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśma and plava (प्लव).
Aśmaplava (अश्मप्लव).—[masculine] a boat made of stone.
Aśmaplava (अश्मप्लव):—[=aśma-plava] [from aśma > aśna] m. a boat of stone, [Manu-smṛti iv, 190]
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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