Ashtadashadhanya, Aṣṭādaśadhānya, Ashtadashan-dhanya: 1 definition
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Ashtadashadhanya 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 Aṣṭādaśadhānya can be transliterated into English as Astadasadhanya or Ashtadashadhanya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṣṭādaśadhānya (अष्टादशधान्य).—the 18 kinds of corn; यवगोधूमधान्यानि तिलाः कङ्गुकुलन्थकाः । माषा मुद्रा मसूराश्च निष्पावाः श्यामसर्षपाः ॥ गवेधुकाश्च नीवारा ओढक्योऽथ सतीनकाः । चणकाश्चीनकाश्चैव धान्यान्यष्टा- दशैव तु (yavagodhūmadhānyāni tilāḥ kaṅgukulanthakāḥ | māṣā mudrā masūrāśca niṣpāvāḥ śyāmasarṣapāḥ || gavedhukāśca nīvārā oḍhakyo'tha satīnakāḥ | caṇakāścīnakāścaiva dhānyānyaṣṭā- daśaiva tu) ||.
Derivable forms: aṣṭādaśadhānyam (अष्टादशधान्यम्).
Aṣṭādaśadhānya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭādaśan and dhānya (धान्य).
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: Dhanya, Ashtadasha.
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