Ashtadashavidya, Aṣṭādaśavidya, Aṣṭādaśavidyā, Ashtadashan-vidya: 2 definitions
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Ashtadashavidya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 terms Aṣṭādaśavidya and Aṣṭādaśavidyā can be transliterated into English as Astadasavidya or Ashtadashavidya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexAṣṭādaśavidya (अष्टादशविद्य).—The 14 vidyas besides āyurveda, dhanurveda, gandharva and arthaśāstra The fourteen vidyas are the six vedāṅgas, four vedas, mīmāṃsā, nyāya, dharmaśāstras and purāṇas.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 61. 78-79.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṣṭādaśavidyā (अष्टादशविद्या).—the eighteen kinds of learning or lores; अङ्गानि वेदाश्चत्वारो मीमांसा न्यायविस्तरः । धर्मशास्त्रं पुराणं च विद्या ह्येताश्चतुर्दश ॥ आयुर्वेदो धनुर्वेदो गान्धर्वश्चेति ते त्रयः । अर्थशास्त्रं चतुर्थं तु विद्या ह्यष्टादशैव तु (aṅgāni vedāścatvāro mīmāṃsā nyāyavistaraḥ | dharmaśāstraṃ purāṇaṃ ca vidyā hyetāścaturdaśa || āyurvedo dhanurvedo gāndharvaśceti te trayaḥ | arthaśāstraṃ caturthaṃ tu vidyā hyaṣṭādaśaiva tu) ||
Aṣṭādaśavidyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭādaśan and vidyā (विद्या).
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: Vidya, Ashtadasha.
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