Vashadhyaka, Vaśāḍhyaka, Vasha-adhyaka, Vasāḍhyaka: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vaśāḍhyaka can be transliterated into English as Vasadhyaka or Vashadhyaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaśāḍhyaka (वशाढ्यक).—a porpoise.
Derivable forms: vaśāḍhyakaḥ (वशाढ्यकः).
Vaśāḍhyaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vaśa and āḍhyaka (आढ्यक).
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Vasāḍhyaka (वसाढ्यक).—the Gangetic porpoise.
Derivable forms: vasāḍhyakaḥ (वसाढ्यकः).
Vasāḍhyaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vasā and āḍhyaka (आढ्यक). See also (synonyms): vasāḍhya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaśāḍhyaka (वशाढ्यक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A porpoise, the Gangetic porpoise.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaśāḍhyaka (वशाढ्यक):—[from vaśa > vaś] [wrong reading] for vasāḍh q.v.
2) Vasāḍhyaka (वसाढ्यक):—[from vasā > vas] (vasāḍh) m. Delphinus Gatigeticus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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: Vasa, Adhyaka, Vaca.
Full-text: Vasadhya.
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