Ashtangapata, Aṣṭāṅgapāta: 5 definitions
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Ashtangapata 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 Aṣṭāṅgapāta can be transliterated into English as Astangapata or Ashtangapata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryaṣṭāṅgapāta (अष्टांगपात).—m (S) aṣṭāṅgapraṇāma m (S) Prostration in profound adoration or reverence.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishaṣṭāṅgapāta (अष्टांगपात).—m Prostration in profound reverence.
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: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭāṅgapāta (अष्टाङ्गपात).—m.
(-taḥ) Prostration as in reverence. E. aṣṭāṅga eight members. and pāta falling, touching the ground with the hands, knees, and feet, forehead and breast.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭāṅgapāta (अष्टाङ्गपात):—[=aṣṭāṅga-pāta] [from aṣṭāṅga > aṣṭa > aṣṭan] m. prostration of the eight parts of the body (in performing very profound obeisance; the eight parts are the hands, breast, forehead, eyes, throat, and middle of the back; or the first four, with the knees and feet; or these six, with the speech and mind), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([see sāṣṭāṅga-pātam])
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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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