Ayaskanta, Ayaskānta, Ayaskamta: 8 definitions
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Ayaskanta 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
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryayaskānta (अयस्कांत).—m S (The iron gem.) The loadstone.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAyaskānta (अयस्कान्त).—m.
(-ntaḥ) A precious stone, the loadstone. E. ayas and kānta beautiful, implying a gem, after this word and others, as sūryakānta, &c.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAyaskānta (अयस्कान्त).—[ayas-kānta] (vb. kam), m. A loadstone, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 17, 63.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAyaskānta (अयस्कान्त).—[masculine] the loadstone (lit. the beloved of iron).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAyaskānta (अयस्कान्त):—[ayaskā-nta] (ntaḥ) 1. m. A loadstone.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusAyaskāṃta (ಅಯಸ್ಕಾಂತ):—[noun] a magnet a) a strong magnetic variety of the mineral magnetite; b) something that attracts or repulses as with magnetic force.
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: Ayaska.
Starts with: Ayaskamtashile, Ayaskantamani.
Full-text: Kantayasa, Ayaskamtashile.
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