Kaladhyaksha, Kālādhyakṣa, Kala-adhyaksha: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kālādhyakṣa can be transliterated into English as Kaladhyaksa or Kaladhyaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKālādhyakṣa (कालाध्यक्ष).—
1) 'presiding over time', epithet of the sun.
2) the Supreme Soul.
Derivable forms: kālādhyakṣaḥ (कालाध्यक्षः).
Kālādhyakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and adhyakṣa (अध्यक्ष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālādhyakṣa (कालाध्यक्ष):—[from kāla] m. ‘the overseer or ruler of time’, the sun, [Mahābhārata iii, 152.]
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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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