Gramadhyaksha, Grāmādhyakṣa, Grama-adhyaksha: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Grāmādhyakṣa can be transliterated into English as Gramadhyaksa or Gramadhyaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGrāmādhyakṣa (ग्रामाध्यक्ष).—superintendent, head, chief of a village; ग्रामाधिपस्य तरुणीमहं भार्यां सदा भजे (grāmādhipasya taruṇīmahaṃ bhāryāṃ sadā bhaje) Kathāsaritsāgara 64.115; Manusmṛti 7.115.
Derivable forms: grāmādhyakṣaḥ (ग्रामाध्यक्षः).
Grāmādhyakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms grāma and adhyakṣa (अध्यक्ष). See also (synonyms): grāmādhikṛta, grāmādhipa, grāmādhipati, grāmeśa, grāmeśvara.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGrāmādhyakṣa (ग्रामाध्यक्ष).—m.
(-kṣaḥ) Superintendent or chief of a village. E. grāma and adhyakṣa superior.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGrāmādhyakṣa (ग्रामाध्यक्ष):—[from grāma] m. idem, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGrāmādhyakṣa (ग्रामाध्यक्ष):—[grāmā+dhyakṣa] (kṣaḥ) 1. m. Idem.
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: Adhyaksha, Grama.
Full-text: Adhyaksha, Gramadhipa, Gramadhipati, Grameshvara, Gramadhikrita, Gramesha.
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