Ashtakarna, Aṣṭakarṇa, Ashtan-karna: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aṣṭakarṇa can be transliterated into English as Astakarna or Ashtakarna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṣṭakarṇa (अष्टकर्ण).—a. one who has the number eight as a mark burnt in his ears (P.VI.3.115).
-rṇaḥ eighteared, an epithet of Brahmā.
-karman m.),
Aṣṭakarṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭan and karṇa (कर्ण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭakarṇa (अष्टकर्ण).—m.
(-rṇaḥ) A name of Brahma. E. aṣṭa eight, and karṇa an ear; eighteared, being four-headed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aṣṭakarṇa (अष्टकर्ण):—[=aṣṭa-karṇa] [from aṣṭa] 1. aṣṭa-karṇa mfn. branded on the ear, [Pāṇini 6-3, 115]
2) [=aṣṭa-karṇa] [from aṣṭa > aṣṭan] 2. aṣṭa-karṇa m. ‘eight-eared’, Name of Brahman (who is supposed to have four heads), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭakarṇa (अष्टकर्ण):—[aṣṭa-karṇa] (rṇaḥ) 1. m. Brahma.
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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, Karna.
Full-text: Akshitavya, Ashtakarni, Ashtashravana, Ashta.
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