The Sanskrit term Aṣṭamāna can be transliterated into English as Astamana or Ashtamana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

astamāna (अस्तमान).—a (S) astamita a S Set--a heavenly body.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

astamāna (अस्तमान).—n The setting. a Set (a heavenly body).

context information

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 dictionary

Astamana (अस्तमन).—Setting (of the Sun); रवेस्तमिस्रागमनिर्गमांस्ते तथोदयं चास्तमन च वीराः (ravestamisrāgamanirgamāṃste tathodayaṃ cāstamana ca vīrāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.164.1.

Derivable forms: astamanam (अस्तमनम्).

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Aṣṭamāna (अष्टमान).—one kuḍava.

Derivable forms: aṣṭamānam (अष्टमानम्).

Aṣṭamāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭan and māna (मान).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṣṭamāna (अष्टमान).—n.

(-naṃ) A measure, one Kurava. E. aṣṭa eight, and māna measure.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Astamana (अस्तमन).— (a syncope of astam-ayana), n. Sun-set, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 7.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Aṣṭamāna (अष्टमान):—[=aṣṭa-māna] [from aṣṭa > aṣṭan] n. a measure (one kuḍava q.v.), [Śārṅgadhara]

2) Astamana (अस्तमन):—[from asta] n. (a corruption of astam-ayana q.v.), setting, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṣṭamāna (अष्टमान):—[aṣṭa-māna] (naṃ) 1. n. A Kurava.

[Sanskrit to German]

Astamana in German

context information

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 corpus

Astamāna (ಅಸ್ತಮಾನ):—[noun] = ಅಸ್ತಮಯ [astamaya].

context information

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, Mana.

Starts with: Ashta-manakam, Astamanam.

Ends with: Upastamana.

Full-text: Attamanam, Astamaya, Antarana, Astamanam, Utayattamanam, Vela, Ash.

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