Sapadalaksha, Sapādalakṣa, Sapada-laksha: 3 definitions

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Sapadalaksha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Sapādalakṣa can be transliterated into English as Sapadalaksa or Sapadalaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature (history)

Sapādalakṣa (सपादलक्ष) is the name of a country to which Āśādhara (1178-1243 C.E.) belonged. Āśādhara, the famous Jain author contributed to Sanskrit prosody through his text entitled Vṛttaprakāśa. He belongs to Sapādalakṣa country where Śākambharī is situated. He was born to Sallakṣaṇa and Śrītatnī at the fort town called Maṇḍalakara in the Vyāghreravāla Vaiśya family.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Sapādalakṣa.—(IE 8-4), name of two territories so called with reference to the theoretical number of villages in each of them. Cf. Pādonalakṣa. Note: sapādalakṣa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Sapādalakṣa (सपादलक्ष):—[=sa-pāda-lakṣa] [from sa-pāda > sa > sa-pakṣa] m. or n. one hundred thousand and a quarter of it id est. 125, 000 [Pañcatantra]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a district (kṣmāpāla m. a king of the above district; -śikharin m. Name of a mountain), [Uttamacaritra-kathānaka, prose version; Inscriptions]

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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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