Ashokavanikanyaya, Aśokavanikānyāya, Ashokavanika-nyaya: 1 definition
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Ashokavanikanyaya 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 Aśokavanikānyāya can be transliterated into English as Asokavanikanyaya or Ashokavanikanyaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśokavanikānyāya (अशोकवनिकान्याय):—[=a-śoka-vanikā-nyāya] [from a-śoka] m. the rule of the grove of Aśoka trees (applied to cases in which a preference of any particular thing among many cannot be accounted for, just as Rāvaṇa kept Sītā in an Aśoka grove, but might equally well have kept her in a grove of other trees), [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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: Ashokavanika, Nyaya.
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