Ashtakhanda, Aṣṭakhaṇḍa, Ashtan-khanda: 5 definitions
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Ashtakhanda 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 Aṣṭakhaṇḍa can be transliterated into English as Astakhanda or Ashtakhanda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṣṭakhaṇḍa (अष्टखण्ड).—a title of a collection of several sections of the Ṛgveda.
Derivable forms: aṣṭakhaṇḍaḥ (अष्टखण्डः).
Aṣṭakhaṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭan and khaṇḍa (खण्ड).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumAṣṭakhaṇḍa (अष्टखण्ड) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Ṛv. W. p. 9.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭakhaṇḍa (अष्टखण्ड):—[=aṣṭa-khaṇḍa] [from aṣṭa > aṣṭan] m. Name of a collection of different passages of the [Ṛg-veda]
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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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