Ashtaputra, Aṣṭaputrā, Aṣṭaputra, Ashtan-putra: 5 definitions
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Ashtaputra 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 Aṣṭaputrā and Aṣṭaputra can be transliterated into English as Astaputra or Ashtaputra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryaṣṭaputrā (अष्टपुत्रा).—f A woman that has eight sons. Used gen. as a word of benediction to a married woman. See Ruth iv. 11, 12.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishaṣṭaputrā (अष्टपुत्रा).—f A woman that has 8 sons; a word of benediction to a married woman.
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 dictionaryAṣṭaputra (अष्टपुत्र).—a. Having eight sons; अष्टयोनिरदितिरष्ट- पुत्रा (aṣṭayoniraditiraṣṭa- putrā) Av.8.9.21.
Aṣṭaputra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭan and putra (पुत्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭaputra (अष्टपुत्र):—[=aṣṭa-putra] [from aṣṭa > aṣṭan] (aṣṭa-) mf(ā)n. having eight sons, [Atharva-veda viii, 9, 21; Taittirīya-āraṇyaka]
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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, Putra.
Ends with: Nashtaputra.
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