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Results for अष्टधा

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अष्टधाaṣṭadhāind.Eight-fold, eight times.
[अष्टन्-प्रकारे धाच् सङ्ख्याया विधार्येधा ParasmaipadaV.3. 42]
1. Eight-fold, eight times.
2. In 8 parts or sections; भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा Bg.7.4; भिन्नेऽष्टधा विप्रससार वंशः R.16.3.
In the Gita7·4

अहंकार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥

ahaṁkāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛtiraṣṭadhā. — The five elements (conditions of material being – the solid, liquid, fiery, gaseous and ethereal), mind (with its various senses and organs), reason… 7·4
- अष्टधाaṣṭadhāadverb indeclinable (eightfold).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अष्टधाaṣṭadhāind. (Pa1n2. 5-3, 42 seq.) eight-fold, in eight parts or sections AV. xiii, 3, 19 VS. &c.

indeclinable (Pa1n2. 5-3, 42 sequens) eight-fold, in eight parts or sections AV. xiii, 3, 19 VS. etc.

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अष्टधातुaṣṭadhātum. pl. the eight metals collectively (as gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, brass, iron, and steel).

masculine gender plural the eight metals collectively (as gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, brass, iron, and steel).

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अष्टधाविहितaṣṭadhāvihitamfn. divided into eight parts S3Br. vi.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective divided into eight parts S3Br. vi.

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