Ashtopadvipani, Aṣṭopadvīpāni, Ashtan-upadvipani: 1 definition
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Ashtopadvipani 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 Aṣṭopadvīpāni can be transliterated into English as Astopadvipani or Ashtopadvipani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṣṭopadvīpāni (अष्टोपद्वीपानि).—स्वर्णप्रस्थ, चन्द्राशुक्ल, आवर्तन, रमणक, मन्दरहरिण, पाञ्चजन्य, सिंहल (svarṇaprastha, candrāśukla, āvartana, ramaṇaka, mandarahariṇa, pāñcajanya, siṃhala), and लङ्का (laṅkā).
Aṣṭopadvīpāni is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭan and upadvīpāni (उपद्वीपानि).
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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Partial matches: Ashta.
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