The Sanskrit term Aṣṭadiś can be transliterated into English as Astadis or Ashtadish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aṣṭadiś (अष्टदिश्).—f. [karma° sa. saṃjñātvānna dviguḥ dik saṅkhye saṃjñāyām P.II.1.5.] the eight cardinal points; पूर्वाग्नेयी दक्षिणा च नैर्ऋती पश्चिमा तथा । वायवी चोत्तरैशानी दिशा अष्टाविमाः स्मृताः (pūrvāgneyī dakṣiṇā ca nairṛtī paścimā tathā | vāyavī cottaraiśānī diśā aṣṭāvimāḥ smṛtāḥ) ||. °करिण्यः (kariṇyaḥ) the eight female elephants living in the eight points; करिण्योऽभ्रमुकपिलापिङ्गलानुपमाः क्रमात् । ताम्रकर्णी शुभ्रदन्ती चाङ्गना चाञ्जनावती (kariṇyo'bhramukapilāpiṅgalānupamāḥ kramāt | tāmrakarṇī śubhradantī cāṅganā cāñjanāvatī) || Ak. °पालाः (pālāḥ) the eight regents of the cardinal points; इन्द्रो वह्निः पितृपतिः (indro vahniḥ pitṛpatiḥ) (yamaḥ) नैर्ऋतो वरुणो मरुत् (nairṛto varuṇo marut) (vāyuḥ) । कुबेरे ईशः पतयः पूर्वादीनां दिशां क्रमात् (| kubere īśaḥ patayaḥ pūrvādīnāṃ diśāṃ kramāt) || Ak. °गजाः (gajāḥ) the eight elephants guarding the 8 quarters; ऐरावतः पुण्डरीको वामनः कुमुदोऽञ्जनः । पुष्पदन्तः सार्वभौमः सुप्रतीकश्च दिग्गजाः (airāvataḥ puṇḍarīko vāmanaḥ kumudo'ñjanaḥ | puṣpadantaḥ sārvabhaumaḥ supratīkaśca diggajāḥ) || Ak.

Aṣṭadiś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭan and diś (दिश्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṣṭadiś (अष्टदिश्).—f. (-dik) The eight cardinal points of the compass collectively. E. aṣṭa eight, diś quarter.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Aṣṭadiś (अष्टदिश्):—[=aṣṭa-diś] [from aṣṭa > aṣṭan] f. [plural] śas the eight cardinal points of the compass collectively, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Aṣṭādiś (अष्टादिश्):—[=aṣṭā-diś] [from aṣṭā > aṣṭan] f. [plural]= aṣṭaḍiś q.v., [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṣṭadiś (अष्टदिश्):—[aṣṭa-diś] (k) 5. f. The eight cardinal points of the compass.

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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: Ashta, Dish.

Starts with: Ashtadisha, Ashtadishabdika.

Full-text: Ashtadikpala.

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