Ashtapadi, Aṣṭapadī, Ashtan-padi: 9 definitions
Introduction:
Ashtapadi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, biology. 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 Aṣṭapadī can be transliterated into English as Astapadi or Ashtapadi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: valmikiramayan.net: Srimad Valmiki RamayanaAṣṭapadi (अष्टपदि) is the name of a board-game, as mentioned in the Rāmāyaṇa verse 1.5.16. Accordingly:—“[...] amazing is Ayodhya for its lay-out is like a game board called aṣṭapadi, and with its flocks of beautiful women moving thereabout, where all kinds of precious gems are heaped up, and where its seven storied buildings are picturesque. The housing is very dense and there is no place or ground unutilized, and all are constructed on well-levelled lands, and rice-grain is plentiful while the drinking water tastes like sugar cane juice”.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature (history)Aṣṭapadī (अष्टपदी) is the name of a work on Sanskrit prosody (chandas) ascribed to Śrīmuṣṇaṃ Śrīnivāsa Kavi (of Vīravallī family): the son of Varada Deśika alias Varada Nārāyaṇaguru of Kauṇḍinyagotra. Śrīnivāsa is also the author of the Vṛttālaṅkāramālikā. Also see “New Catalogus Catalogorum” NCC. XXXI. p. 23 and XXXVI. p. 43. and Descriptive Catalogue GOML no. 12744.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Ashtapadi in India is the name of a plant defined with Jasminum sambac in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Nyctanthes undulata L. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1991)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1837)
· Investigatio et Studium Naturae (1992)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Fujian Agricultural College (1992)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Ashtapadi, for example side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryaṣṭapadī (अष्टपदी).—f (S) A piece of poetry or song consisting of eight pada (a metrical piece).
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishaṣṭapadī (अष्टपदी).—f A piece of poetry consisting of 8 padas.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṣṭapadī (अष्टपदी).—(°ṣṭa-ṣṭā°)
1) wild sort of jasmin (Mar. velamogarī); श्यामान्वारणपुष्पांश्च तथाऽ- ष्टपदिका लताः (śyāmānvāraṇapuṣpāṃśca tathā'- ṣṭapadikā latāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.54.6.
2) a variety of metre, often used in Jayadeva's Gītagovinda.
Aṣṭapadī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭan and padī (पदी).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Aṣṭapadī (अष्टपदी) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—In the South, a common name of the Gītagovinda.
2) Aṣṭapadī (अष्टपदी):—kāvya by king Śahaji. Burnell. 156^b.
[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 corpusAṣṭapadi (ಅಷ್ಟಪದಿ):—
1) [noun] any of various octopods (order Octopoda) having a soft, saclike body, a reduced coelom, an internal vestigial shell, and eight sucker-bearing arms around the mouth; an octopus.
2) [noun] a poem of eight lines.
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Aṣṭapādi (ಅಷ್ಟಪಾದಿ):—[noun] = ಅಷ್ಟಪದಿ - [ashtapadi -]1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ashta, Padi, Pati.
Starts with: Ashtapadika, Ashtapadikritadhupayoga.
Ends with: Anashtapadi, Gangashtapadi, Krishnashtapadi, Shivashtapadi, Yamunashtapadi.
Full-text: Shahaji, Gitagovinda.
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