Ashtakanga, Aṣṭakāṅga, Ashtaka-anga, Ashtakamga: 7 definitions
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Ashtakanga 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 Aṣṭakāṅga can be transliterated into English as Astakanga or Ashtakanga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṣṭakāṅga (अष्टकाङ्ग).—a kind of board or cloth for playing with dice on (having eight divisions).
Derivable forms: aṣṭakāṅgaḥ (अष्टकाङ्गः), aṣṭakāṅgam (अष्टकाङ्गम्).
Aṣṭakāṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭaka and aṅga (अङ्ग).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭakāṅga (अष्टकाङ्ग).—m.
(-ṅgaḥ) A kind of board or cloth for playing with dice on. E. aṣṭaka eight, and aṅga body, having eight divisions.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭakāṅga (अष्टकाङ्ग):—[from aṣṭaka > aṣṭan] n. a kind of dice-board having eight divisions, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭakāṅga (अष्टकाङ्ग):—[aṣṭakā+ṅga] (ṅgaḥ) 1. m. Dice board.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAṣṭakāṃga (ಅಷ್ಟಕಾಂಗ):—[noun] the chequered plate board or cloth with eight divisions (as against normal four) for playing dice.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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