Ashmaka, 础艣尘补办补, Asmaka, 础蝉尘腻办补, 膧蝉尘腻办补: 19 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 础艣尘补办补 can be transliterated into English as Asmaka or Ashmaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata Purana础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�):鈥擲on of Saud膩sa (son of Sud膩sa). His name means (鈥渢he child born of a stone鈥�), for her mother鈥檚 abdomen was struck with a stone by Vasi峁ａ弓ha, after she bore him in her womb for seven years. He had a son called B膩lika. (see Bh膩gavata Pur膩峁嘺 9.9.39-40)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) 础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�).鈥擲on born to Vasi峁ａ弓ha by the wife of 碍补濒尘腻峁辫腻诲补 the King of Ayodhy膩. (See Ik峁膩ku va峁兣沘) while the King 碍补濒尘腻峁辫腻诲补 was walking through the forest hunting he saw 艢akti the son of Vasi峁ａ弓ha. As 艢akti did not care to give room for the King, 碍补濒尘腻峁辫腻诲补 wounded 艢akti, who cursed the King and changed him to a R膩k峁sa (giant). The giant immediately killed 艢akti. After many years Vasi峁ａ弓ha blessed the King and changed the form of the giant and gave him back his former shape. The King was delighted at having recovered his former shape. He took Vasi峁ａ弓ha to his palace. Madayant墨 the wife of the King with his permission went to Vasi峁ａ弓ha and got with child. Vasi峁ａ弓ha returned to the forest. Even after the lapse of a long period she did not give birth to the child. Madayant墨 who was miserable at this, took an 'a艣man' (a small cylindrical piece of the granite used to crush things placed on a flat square piece of granite) and crushed her stomach with it and she delivered a son. As he was born by using 'A艣ma' he was named 础艣尘补办补. This King had built a city called Paudhany膩. (惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补, 膧di Parva, Chapter 176).
2) 础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�).鈥敶∨洺静拱觳� (m) is a place between the rivers God膩var墨 and M膩hi峁at墨. 础艣尘补办补 was a king of this land. He fought against the Kauravas on the P膩峁囜笉ava side. (Kar峁嘺 Parva).
3) 础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�).鈥擜 sage. (惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补, 艢膩nti Parva, Chapter 47, 艢loka 5).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) 础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�).鈥擜 K峁traja son of 碍补濒尘腻峁辫腻诲补 (Mitrasaha) born of Madayant墨, queen of Saud膩sa, to Vasi峁ａ弓ha, with the king's assent. The period of pregnancy lasted for seven years when Vasi峁ａ弓ha bit the queen's stomach with a stone. Father of M奴laka.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 IX. 9. 39-40; Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 63. 177; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 88. 177; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 4. 72-3.
1b) The people of a southern kingdom.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 16. 58; Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 272. 16.
2) Asmaka (啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶�).鈥擮f the 诲腻办峁峁嚹乼测补 country.*
- * V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 45. 127.
础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�) is a name mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. VI.10.42, VII.61.39) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning 础艣尘补办补) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 艣濒辞办补蝉 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�) is the son of 碍补濒尘腻峁辫腻诲补 and grandson of 峁歵耻辫补谤峁嘺, according to the 痴补峁兣浤乶耻肠补谤颈迟补 section of the 10th century 厂补耻谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺: one of the various Upapur膩峁嘺s depicting 艢aivism.鈥擜ccordingly, [...] Nabh膩ga gave birth to Sindhudv墨pa from whom was born Ayut膩yu (or Ayut膩yus). 峁歵耻辫补谤峁嘺 was the son of Ayut膩yu who attained the status of the Leader of Ga峁嘺s by the grace of Lord 艢iva. 碍补濒尘腻峁辫腻诲补 was his son. K峁traja 础艣尘补办补 was the son of 碍补濒尘腻峁辫腻诲补.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�) is the name a locality mentioned in 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 10th-century K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩.鈥擨n the K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩, R膩ja艣ekhara mentions this region is located in South India, with the same view of Brahmandapurana. But the K奴rmapur膩峁嘺 and B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 places this country as the part of North India, near the Punjab. The Da艣akum膩racarita, Har峁carita and Bhattasvamin (the commentator of the Artha艣膩stra) view this 础艣尘补办补 as a part of the Mah膩ra峁ra country. However, the 础艣尘补办补 region was situated between the God膩var墨 and M膩hi峁at墨 and the formed part of Vidarbha.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�) refers to a country belonging to 鈥淧a艣cimottara (north-western division)鈥� classified under the constellations of Uttar膩峁Ｄ佱笉ha, 艢rava峁嘺 and Dhani峁ａ弓h膩, according to the system of 碍奴谤尘补惫颈产丑腻驳补, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 14), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he countries of the Earth beginning from the centre of Bh膩ratavar峁 and going round the east, south-east, south, etc., are divided into 9 divisions corresponding to the 27 lunar asterisms at the rate of 3 for each division and beginning from K峁泃tik膩. The constellations of Uttar膩峁Ｄ佱笉ha, 艢rava峁嘺 and Dhani峁ａ弓h膩 represent the north-western division consisting of [i.e., 础艣尘补办补] [...]鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: WikiPedia: HinduismAsmaka (啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶�): A Kaurava warrior who attacked Abhimanyu.
: Triveni: JournalIt was two Ikshvaku princes, Asmaka and Mulaka, who founded the two contiguous kingdoms, bearing their names, on the Godavari, corresponding to the Aurangabad and Nizamabad districts of the Hyderabad State today.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�) is the name of an ancient kingdom, according to chapter 4.2 [惫腻蝉耻辫奴箩测补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, as Vasup奴jya and Jay膩 spoke to V膩sup奴jya:鈥斺�淎ll the existing kings, among men and the Vidy膩dharas, who are of good family, capable, heroic, wealthy, famous, possessing the fourfold army, known for guarding their subjects, free from blemish, faithful to engagements, always devoted to dharma, in Madhyade艣a, Vatsade艣a, [...] and other countries which are the ornaments of the eastern quarter; [... in the 础艣尘补办补s, ...] these now, son, beg us constantly through messengers, who are sent bearing valuable gifts, to give their daughters to you. [...]鈥�.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
: Wisdom Library: India History础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�) is the name of a country included within 顿补办峁峁嘺辫补迟丑补 which was situated ahead of M膩hi峁at墨 according to R膩ja艣ekhara (fl. 10th century) in his K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩 (chapter 17). Dak峁峁嚹乸atha is a place-name ending is patha mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by 艢r墨 Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
: academia.edu: The Date of Aryabhata1) Ashmaka Janapada.鈥擝haskara I indicates that Aryabhata belonged to Ashmaka Janapada. Buddhist texts indicate that 础艣尘补办补 Janapada was located on the banks of Godavari River. Anguttara Nikaya mentions 础艣尘补办补 as Mahajanapada. Buddhist texts also mention another Janapada known as Assaka. Assaka is Ashvaka or Ashvakayana which is located close to Indus and Kurram Rivers. Varahamihira鈥檚 Brihat -Samhita mentions Ashvaka not Ashmaka. Greek historians refer to Ashvakayanas as 鈥淎ssakonoi鈥�. Some historians mistakenly consider Assaka and Ashmaka as the same but Assaka was located in Afghanistan close to Indus River whereas Ashmaka was situated between Godavari and Krishna Rivers.
2) Ashmaka, son of Kalmashapada.鈥擱amayana, Mahabharata and Puranas indicate that Ashmaka, the son of Ikshvaku King Kalmashapada was the founder of A 艣maka Kingdom. He also founded the city of Paudanya. Thus, Ashmaka Kingdom came into existence in pre-Ramayana era.
: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early Buddhism础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�) or A艣vaka the Sanskrit name for Assaka: one of the sixteen Mah膩janapadas of the Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the P膩li Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).鈥擨n the A峁単uttara Nik膩ya Assaka it is mentioned as one of the sixteen Mah膩janapadas of Jambud墨pa. Assaka represents the Sanskrit 础艣尘补办补 (or A艣vaka) which has been mentioned by Asa峁単a in his S奴tr膩la峁卥膩ra as a country in the basis of the Indus. Asa峁単a鈥檚 础艣尘补办补 seems, therefore, to be identical with the Kingdom of Assakenus of the Greek writers which lay to the east of the Saraswat墨 at a distance of about 25 miles from the sea on the Swat Valley. The 础艣尘补办补s are also mentioned by P膩峁噄ni. They are placed in the north-west by the authors of the M膩rka峁囜笉eya Pur膩峁嘺 and the Brihat-sa峁僪ita. Bha峁弓asw膩mi, the commentator of Kau峁璱lya鈥檚 Artha艣膩stra identifies 础艣尘补办补, the contiguous territory of Avanti, with Mah膩r膩峁ａ弓ra.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�).鈥擺a艣meva sthira岣�, iv膩rthe kan]
1) Name of a sage.
2) Name of a country in the south; 啶むぅ啶距ざ啷嵿ぎ啶曕ぞ啶� 啶啶侧た啶ㄠ啶︵ぞ啶多啶� 啶曕げ啶苦啷嵿啶距ざ啷嵿 啶掂た啶多啶粪い啶� (tath膩艣mak膩岣� pulind膩艣ca kali峁単膩艣ca vi艣e峁ta岣�) R膩m. (probably an old name of Travancore); according to B峁�. S.14.22 it is in the north-west (di艣i pa艣cimottarasy膩峁�......... a艣makakul奴talaha岣峚str墨- r膩jyan峁泂i峁僪avanakhasth膩岣�)
3) The inhabitants of the country (pl.).
4) A part of the 啶膏ぞ啶侧啶� (蝉腻濒惫补) country or its inhabitants; or its king.
Derivable forms: 补艣尘补办补岣� (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶曕).
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础蝉尘腻办补 (啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶距).鈥�a. Ved. for 啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶距 (补蝉尘腻办补) (our, ours)
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膧蝉尘腻办补 (啶嗋じ啷嵿ぎ啶距).鈥�a. (-办墨 f.), [膩sm膩办墨na] a. [啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶︵-啶呧ぃ啷嵿啶炧 啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶距啶距う啷囙ざ啶� (asmad-a峁噆ha帽 asm膩k膩de艣a岣�) |] Our, ours; 啶嗋じ啷嵿ぎ啶距啶︵え啷嵿い啶苦じ啶距え啷嵿え啶苦ぇ啷嵿く啶距い啷� (腻蝉尘腻办补诲补苍迟颈蝉腻苍苍颈诲丑测腻迟) 艢i艣up膩lavadha 2.63,8.5.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�).鈥擺masculine] 墨 [feminine] a man鈥檚 and a woman鈥檚 name; [masculine] [plural] a tribe of warriors.
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础蝉尘腻办补 (啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶距).鈥擺adjective] our, ours.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 础艣尘补办补 (啶呧ざ啷嵿ぎ啶�):鈥擺from 补艣苍补] m. ([gana] 峁浥泍腻诲颈 q.v.) Name of a son of Vasi峁ａ弓ha and Madayant墨, [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a warrior tribe, [P膩峁噄ni 4-1, 173; R膩m膩ya峁嘺] etc. (cf. 补惫补苍迟测-补艣尘补办腻蝉)
3) 础蝉尘腻办补 (啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶距):鈥擺from asma] mfn. ([from] asma + 补帽肠? cf. 补辫腻办补 etc.) our, ours, [峁歡-veda] (cf. 腻蝉尘腻办补.)
4) 膧蝉尘腻办补 (啶嗋じ啷嵿ぎ啶距):鈥攎f(墨)n. ([from] 补蝉尘腻办补m, [P膩峁噄ni 4-3, 1 and 2]), our, ours, [V膩jasaneyi-sa峁僪it膩; S膩hitya-darpa峁嘺]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)础蝉尘腻办补 (啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶距) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Amheccaya.
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