Ashtapradhana, Aṣṭapradhāna, Aṣṭapradhānā, Ashtan-pradhana: 3 definitions
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Ashtapradhana 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 terms Aṣṭapradhāna and Aṣṭapradhānā can be transliterated into English as Astapradhana or Ashtapradhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryaṣṭapradhāna (अष्टप्रधान).—m pl (S) The eight ministers of state. Ex. pradhāna amātya sacīva mantrī || ḍabīra nyāyādhīśa nyā- yaśāstrī || sēnāpatī tyānta asē sujāṇā || aṣṭapradhānīṃ nṛpa mukhya jāṇā || There are other enumerations of these ministers; e. g. vaidya, upādhyāya, sacīva, mantrī, pratinidhi, rājājñā, pradhāna, amātya, but the above śrlōka must be accepted as authoritative and authentic.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishaṣṭapradhāna (अष्टप्रधान).—m The eight ministers of state.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṣṭapradhānā (अष्टप्रधाना).—वैद्य, उपाध्याय, सचिव, मन्त्री, प्रतिनिधि, राजाध्यक्ष, प्रधान (vaidya, upādhyāya, saciva, mantrī, pratinidhi, rājādhyakṣa, pradhāna) and अमात्य (amātya). (of śivājī) प्रधान, अमात्य, सचिव, मन्त्री, डबीर, न्यायाधीश, न्यायशास्त्री (pradhāna, amātya, saciva, mantrī, ḍabīra, nyāyādhīśa, nyāyaśāstrī) and सेनापति (senāpati).
Derivable forms: aṣṭapradhānāḥ (अष्टप्रधानाः).
Aṣṭapradhānā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭan and pradhānā (प्रधाना).
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: Ashta, Pradhana.
Full-text: Sumanta, Panditarava, Panta, Pantapradhana, Amatya, Saciva, Rajajna, Mantrin.
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