The Sanskrit terms Kośādhyakṣa and Koṣādhyakṣa can be transliterated into English as Kosadhyaksa or Koshadhyaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Arthashastra (politics and welfare)

Source: archive.org: Studies in Kautilya Vocabulary

Kośādhyakṣa (कोशाध्यक्ष) refers to a type of profession mentioned in the Śukranītisāra 2.128-188.—The Śukranītisāra is a Sanskrit work on ethics by Śukrācārya comprised of four chapters. The second chapter (uvarājādikṛtya, “the duties of the royal princes and the like”) describes a large number of varied topics, eg., it contains observations on the ministers, priests, sacive, treasury, a large number of officers and employees (such as a Kośādhyakṣa).

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Arthashastra (अर्थशास्त्र, arthaśāstra) literature concerns itself with the teachings (shastra) of economic prosperity (artha) statecraft, politics and military tactics. The term arthashastra refers to both the name of these scientific teachings, as well as the name of a Sanskrit work included in such literature. This book was written (3rd century BCE) by by Kautilya, who flourished in the 4th century BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kōśādhyakṣa (कोशाध्यक्ष).—m S The public cash-keeper or treasurer.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kōśādhyakṣa (कोशाध्यक्ष).—m A treasurer.

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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 dictionary

Kośādhyakṣa (कोशाध्यक्ष) or Koṣādhyakṣa (कोषाध्यक्ष).—a treasure, paymaster; (cf. the modern 'minister of finance').

2) an epithet of Kubera.

Derivable forms: kośādhyakṣaḥ (कोशाध्यक्षः), koṣādhyakṣaḥ (कोषाध्यक्षः).

Kośādhyakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kośa and adhyakṣa (अध्यक्ष). See also (synonyms): kośādhipati.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Koṣādhyakṣa (कोषाध्यक्ष).—m.

(-kṣaḥ) 1. A treasurer. A minister of finance. 2. Kuvera. E. koṣa, and adhyakṣa superintendent.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kośādhyakṣa (कोशाध्यक्ष).—m. a treasurer, [Pañcatantra] 156, 18.

Kośādhyakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kośa and adhyakṣa (अध्यक्ष).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kośādhyakṣa (कोशाध्यक्ष).—[masculine] superintendent of the treasury, treasurer.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kośādhyakṣa (कोशाध्यक्ष):—[from kośa] m. a treasurer, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Pañcatantra; Kathāsaritsāgara]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of Kubera, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Koṣādhyakṣa (कोषाध्यक्ष):—[koṣā+dhyakṣa] (kṣaḥ) 1. m. A treasurer.

[Sanskrit to German]

Koshadhyaksha in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kōśādhyakṣa (ಕೋಶಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ):—[noun] = ಕೋಶನಾಥ [koshanatha].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Kośādhyakṣa (कोशाध्यक्ष):—n. treasurer;

context information

Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Kosha, Adhyaksha, Koca.

Full-text: Adhyaksha, Koshadhipati, Dhanadhyaksha, Kshattri.

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