Ashvi, Āśvi: 3 definitions
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Ashvi 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 Āśvi can be transliterated into English as Asvi or Ashvi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Source: archive.org: Hindu MathematicsAśvi (अश्वि) represents the number 2 (two) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—Bhaṭṭotpala in his commentary on the Bṛhatsaṃhitā has given a quotation from the original Puliśa-siddhānta (c. 400) in which the word system is used. The number expressed in this quotation is kha (0) kha (0) aṣṭa (8) muni (7) rāma (3) aśvi (2) netra (2) aṣṭa (8) śara (5) rātripāḥ (i) = 1,582,237,800. There are in this work several other quotations from the Puliśasiddhānta, which contain word numerals.
Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+17): Ashvidevataka, Ashvija, Ashvika, Ashvimant, Ashvimat, Ashvin, Ashvina, Ashvinacihnita, Ashvinagra, Ashvinakrita, Ashvinapatra, Ashvinashastra, Ashvinau, Ashvineya, Ashvini, Ashvini-muhurta, Ashvinibheshaja, Ashvinidevategalu, Ashvinikumara, Ashvinikumararu.
Ends with: Adhyashvi, Ashvatarasvi, Aushadashvi, Haryashvi, Kaushashvi, Krishashvi, Madhvashvi, Sauvashvi, Shyavashvi, Vadhryashvi, Vaidadashvi, Vaiyashvi, Yauvanashvi.
Full-text: Ashvinagra, Druma, Tattu, Ashvatara.
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Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 60 - mbavan rejects Angada’s Project < [Book 5 - Sundara-kanda]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CXXXVII - The Damanaka Tryodasi Vratas < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Chapter CCXLIV - The hymn to Achyuta < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CXXXIX - Genealogy of the princes of the lunar race < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)