Athara Dhanyem, Aṭharā Dhānyēṃ, Aṭharā Dhānyeṃ: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

aṭharā dhānyēṃ (अठरा धान्यें).—n pl The eighteen superior grains; viz. gahūṃ, sāḷa,tūra,java,jōndhaḷā,vāṭāṇā, lāṅka, caṇā, javasa, masūra, mūga, rāḷā, tīḷa, harīka, kuḷītha, sāvā, uḍīda, cavaḷī, as per Shlok, gōdhūma śāli tuvarī yava yāvanāla vātāna laṅka caṇakā atasā masurāḥ || mudga priyaṅgutila kōdravakāḥ kulitthāḥ śyāmāka māṣa cavalā iti dhānyavargaḥ || 1 ॥

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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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