Ashtamangalya, Aṣṭamāṅgalya: 3 definitions
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Ashtamangalya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Aṣṭamāṅgalya can be transliterated into English as Astamangalya or Ashtamangalya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaAṣṭamāṅgalya (अष्टमाङ्गल्य).—(1) Kurava (2) Darpaṇa (3) Dīpa (4) Kalaśa (5) Vastra (6) Akṣatam (7) Aṅganā (8) Svarṇa
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryaṣṭamāṅgalya (अष्टमांगल्य).—n S A ceremony observed in the eighth month of gestation; to cleanse the fœtus from the pollution of sins committed under former births.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumAṣṭamaṅgalya (अष्टमङ्गल्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. Oppert. 3552.
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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Full-text: Athangalem, Athangula.
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