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Astopaka 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAstopaka (अस्तोपक).—(?) or astomaka, see āst°.
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Āstopaka (आस्तोपक).—(?) , or (v.l.) āstomaka, āstoka (could also be understood as having initial ă-), in Lalitavistara 249.2—3 ārdrapaṭ- āstopaka-jāla-śayanaiś ca (in list of ascetic practices); this part of [compound] in Tibetan rendered stegs buḥi steṅ, top surface of a board, which makes sense (lying or sleeping in wet clothes,…or in water; read jala for jāla, as Tibetan proves). This word is probably corrupt, and in fact the mss. vary greatly; the best ones °maka.
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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