Dhanadhyaksha, Dhanādhyakṣa, Dhana-adhyaksha: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dhanādhyakṣa can be transliterated into English as Dhanadhyaksa or Dhanadhyaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Dhanādhyakṣa (धनाध्यक्ष).—See Kubera1 (s.v.); the king of the Yakṣas;2 gaḍā, his weapon; in charge of eight nidhis.3
1b) Treasury officer.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 215. 32.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarydhanādhyakṣa (धनाध्यक्ष).—m S A treasurer or cashkeeper.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDhanādhyakṣa (धनाध्यक्ष).—
1) an epithet of Kubera; अनुचेरण धनाधिपते रथो नगविलोकनविस्मितमानसः (anuceraṇa dhanādhipate ratho nagavilokanavismitamānasaḥ) (sa jagade) Kirātārjunīya 5.16. धना- धिपेन विद्धस्य अनुह्रादस्य संयुगे (dhanā- dhipena viddhasya anuhrādasya saṃyuge) Hariv.; यदस्माकं धनाध्यक्षः प्रभूतं धनमाहरत् (yadasmākaṃ dhanādhyakṣaḥ prabhūtaṃ dhanamāharat) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 179.18.
2) a treasurer.
Derivable forms: dhanādhyakṣaḥ (धनाध्यक्षः).
Dhanādhyakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dhana and adhyakṣa (अध्यक्ष). See also (synonyms): dhanādhipa, dhanādhipati.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhanādhyakṣa (धनाध्यक्ष).—m.
(-kṣaḥ) 1. A name of Kuyera. 2. A treasurer. E. dhana wealth, adhyakṣa superintendent.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhanādhyakṣa (धनाध्यक्ष).—[masculine] treasurer, [Epithet] of Kubera.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dhanādhyakṣa (धनाध्यक्ष):—[from dhana > dhan] m. ‘overseer of t°’, treasurer, [Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Kubera, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhanādhyakṣa (धनाध्यक्ष):—[dhanā+dhyakṣa] (kṣaḥ) 1. m. Idem; a treasurer.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Adhyaksha, Dhana.
Ends with: Pradhanadhyaksha, Sadhanadhyaksha.
Full-text: Dhanadhipa, Dhanadhipati, Adhyaksha, Sahaya, Kailasa, Prakriti.
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