Hastyashvadiksha, Hastyaśvadīkṣā: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Hastyaśvadīkṣā can be transliterated into English as Hastyasvadiksa or Hastyashvadiksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumHastyaśvadīkṣā (हस्त्यश्वदीक्षा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the 16th and 17th Pariśiṣṭa of the Av. W. p. 90.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHastyaśvadīkṣā (हस्त्यश्वदीक्षा):—[=hasty-aśva-dīkṣā] [from hasty-aśva > hasty > hasta] f. Name of the 16th and 17th Pariśiṣṭas of the [Atharva-veda]
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Partial matches: Diksa, Hastyashva.
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Atharvaveda ancillary literature (Study) (by B. R. Modak)
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