Ashtavarga, 础峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补, Ashtan-varga: 11 definitions

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In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Kavya
3. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Kannada
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Ashtavarga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 础峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补 can be transliterated into English as Astavarga or Ashtavarga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

础峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补 (啶呧し啷嵿啶掂ぐ啷嵿).鈥擬eda, Mah膩meda, K膩koli, K峁Ｄ玶ak膩koli, J墨vaka, I峁璦vaka, 峁歞dhi, V峁沝dhi (These are used in infusions for treating rheumatism).

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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)

: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

础峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补 (啶呧し啷嵿啶掂ぐ啷嵿) refers to an astrological calculation for determining the character of a birth, and is mentioned in the Nai峁dha-carita 9.119.

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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�.

Ayurveda (science of life)

: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

础峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补 (啶呧し啷嵿啶掂ぐ啷嵿):鈥擟ombination of following Rhizomes of Eight Plants:Jeevak (Malaxis acuminate), Risbhak(Malaxis muscifera), Meda(Polygonatum verticillatum), Mahameda(Polygonatum cirrhifolium), Kakoli(Roscoea procera), Ksheerkakoli(Fritillaria roylei), Riddhi(Habenaria edgeworthii), Vridhi(Habenaria intermedia).

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膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

补峁ａ弓补varga (啶呧し啷嵿啶掂ぐ啷嵿).鈥攎 (S) A class of eight principal medicaments. 2 The ceremony of entertaining at dinner, with a boy about to be invested with the sacred thread, eight boys of whom the investiture has been already solemnized.

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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

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

础峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补 (啶呧し啷嵿啶掂ぐ啷嵿).鈥�

1) a sort of diagram (cakra) showing the good or bad stars of a person.

2) the 8 classes of letters; (avarga, ka掳, ca掳, 峁璦掳, ta掳, pa掳, ya掳, 艣a掳,).

3) a class of three principal medicaments, Namely 啶嬥し啶�, 啶溹啶掂, 啶啶�, 啶す啶距ぎ啷囙う, 啶嬥う啷嵿ぇ啶�, 啶掂啶︵啶оた, 啶曕ぞ啶曕啶侧 (峁涐梗abha, j墨vaka, meda, mah膩meda, 峁沝dhi, v峁沝dhi, k膩kol墨), and 啶曕啶粪啶班啶距啷嬥げ啷€ (办峁Ｄ玶补办腻办辞濒墨) cf. 啶溹啶掂啶班啶粪き啶曕 啶啶︵ 啶曕ぞ啶曕啶侧啶ぞ啶掂啶︵啶оた啶掂啶︵啶оた啶曕 (j墨vakar峁bhakau medau k膩koly膩v峁沝dhiv峁沝dhik墨).

Derivable forms: 补峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补岣� (啶呧し啷嵿啶掂ぐ啷嵿啶�).

础峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 补峁ａ弓补苍 and varga (啶掂ぐ啷嵿).

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

础峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补 (啶呧し啷嵿啶掂ぐ啷嵿).鈥攎.

(-谤驳补岣�) A class of eight principal medicaments, they are mostly the roots of plants from the hills, which have not been determined, and are named: Rishabha, Jivaka, Meda, Mahameda, Riddhi, Vriddhi, Kakoli, and Kshirakakoli. E. 补峁ａ弓补 eight, and varga a class.

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

1) 础峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补 (啶呧し啷嵿啶掂ぐ啷嵿):鈥擺=补峁ａ弓补-varga] [from 补峁ａ弓补 > 补峁ａ弓补苍] mfn. being in rows of eight each, [K膩ty膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a class of eight principal medicaments (viz. 峁氠梗abha, J墨vaka, Med膩, Mah膩medh膩, 峁歞dhi, V峁沝dhi, K膩koli, and K峁Ｄ玶ak膩kol墨), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

础峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补 (啶呧し啷嵿啶掂ぐ啷嵿):鈥擺补峁ａ弓补-varga] (谤驳补岣�) 1. m. A class of eight principal medicaments.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

础峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补 (嗖呧卜喑嵿矡嗖掂舶喑嵿矖):鈥�

1) [noun] a collection of eight important medicinal plants.

2) [noun] a set of eight things (of the same class).

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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.

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