Ashtaprasa, Aṣṭaprāsa: 1 definition
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Ashtaprasa 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 Aṣṭaprāsa can be transliterated into English as Astaprasa or Ashtaprasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Aṣṭaprāsa (अष्टप्रास) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—kavya. Oppert. Ii, 7483. 9136.
2) Aṣṭaprāsa (अष्टप्रास):—kāvya, by Rāmabhadra, son of Yajñarāma. Printed in Kāvyamālā X, 18 (with a quite modern
—[commentary] by Setuśāstrin).
3) Aṣṭaprāsa (अष्टप्रास):—kāvya. See Rāmāṣṭaprāsa.
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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Ends with: Ramashtaprasa.
Full-text: Ramabhadra dikshita.
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