Ashmarathya, Ashma-rathya, Aśmarathya, Āśmarathya: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Aśmarathya and Āśmarathya can be transliterated into English as Asmarathya or Ashmarathya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Aśmarathya (अश्मरथ्य).—A Trayārṣeya; not to have marital relations with Viśvāmitra and Vañjuli.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 198. 13.
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
Āśmarathya (आश्मरथ्य).—Name of a teacher of ritual.
Derivable forms: āśmarathyaḥ (आश्मरथ्यः).
Āśmarathya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āśma and rathya (रथ्य).
1) Āśmarathya (आश्मरथ्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—philosopher. Quoted in Brahmasūtra. Oxf. 220^b, in Mīmāṃsāsūtra Vi, 5, 16, in Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra V, 13, 10. Vi, 10, 30.
2) Āśmarathya (आश्मरथ्य):—Quoted in Āpastambaśrautasūtra V, 29, 14. Ix, 3, 15. 4, 7. 6, 3. 8, 3. 10, 12. 16, 6. 19, 14. Xiv, 13, 8. 22, 13. See Ālekhana.
Āśmarathya (आश्मरथ्य):—[from āśma] m. ([from] aśma-ratha), Name of a teacher, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
Āśmarathya (आश्मरथ्य):—patron. von aśmaratha gaṇa gargādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 105.] Name eines Ritual - Lehrers [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 6, 10.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss 57.] [Colebrooke I, 328. 343. 347.] f. āśmarathī gaṇa śārṅgaravādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 73.]
Āśmarathya (आश्मरथ्य):—m. Patron. von Aśmaratha.
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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Partial matches: Rathya, Asma.
Full-text: Ashmaratha, Alekhana.
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