Vargashtaka, Vargāṣṭaka, Varga-ashtaka: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vargāṣṭaka can be transliterated into English as Vargastaka or Vargashtaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVargāṣṭaka (वर्गाष्टक).—the eight groups of consonants i. e. the consonants collectively.
Derivable forms: vargāṣṭakam (वर्गाष्टकम्).
Vargāṣṭaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms varga and aṣṭaka (अष्टक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVargāṣṭaka (वर्गाष्टक):—[from varga] n. the eight groups of consonants id est. the consonants collectively, [Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad [Scholiast or Commentator]]
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: Ashtaka, Varga.
Full-text: Varga.
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