Dashangula, Daśāṅgula, Dashan-angula: 5 definitions
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Dashangula 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.
The Sanskrit term Daśāṅgula can be transliterated into English as Dasangula or Dashangula, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDaśāṅgula (दशाङ्गुल).—a. ten fingers long; Manusmṛti 8.271. (-lam) 1 a length of 1 fingers; Ṛgveda 1.9.1.
2) a water-melon.
Daśāṅgula is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms daśan and aṅgula (अङ्गुल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaśāṅgula (दशाङ्गुल).—[adjective] ten fingers long.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Daśāṅgula (दशाङ्गुल):—[from daśa] n. a length of 10 fingers, [Ṛg-veda x, 90, i]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. 10 fingers long, [Manu-smṛti viii, 271]
3) [v.s. ...] n. a water-melon, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]
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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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Partial matches: Dasa, Angula, Tacan.
Ends with: Dvadashangula, Ekadashangula.
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