Asthipanjara, Asthi-panjara, Asthipamjara, Asthipañjara: 10 definitions

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Asthipanjara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

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asthipañjara (अस्थिपंजर).—m (S Cage of bones.) The skeleton or compages of bones; the osseous system.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary
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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Asthipañjara (अस्थिपञ्जर).—'a cage of bones', a skeleton.

Derivable forms: asthipañjaraḥ (अस्थिपञ्जरः).

Asthipañjara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms asthi and pañjara (पञ्जर).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asthipañjara (अस्थिपञ्जर).—m.

(-raḥ) A skeleton. E. asthi and pañjara a cage.

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

Asthipañjara (अस्थिपञ्जर).—[masculine] skeleton.*

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

Asthipañjara (अस्थिपञ्जर):—[=asthi-pañjara] [from asthi] m. ‘cage of bones’, a skeleton, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Asthipañjara (अस्थिपञ्जर):—[asthi-pañjara] (raḥ) 1. m. A skeleton.

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

Asthipañjara (अस्थिपञ्जर):—(a + pa) m. Gerippe [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 628.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Asthipañjara (अस्थिपञ्जर):—m. Gerippe.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Asthipaṃjara (ಅಸ್ಥಿಪಂಜರ):—

1) [noun] the hard framework of an animal body, supporting the tissues and protecting the organs; esp. all the bones collectively or the bony framework, of a human being or other vertebrate animal ; the skeleton.

2) [noun] a supporting framework, as of a ship.

3) [noun] (fig.) a very lean or emaciated person, 4) (fig.) any bare skeleton like structure without life or essence.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

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Asthipañjara (अस्थिपञ्जर):—n. 1. a skeleton; 2. an emaciated body;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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