Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

aṣṭādaśan अष्टादशन् – eighteen

adjective · numeral · Word type unspecified

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Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

aṣṭā́daśan ·a. eighteen.

Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified

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aṣṭādaśan (aṣṭan + daśan) achtzehn M. 8,3. WEBER, Nax. 2,284. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,36. ˚daśākṣara Ind. St. 8,84. Ind. St. 8,87.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

aṣṭā́daśan (Nom. ˚daśa) Adj. achtzehn. aṣṭādaśadīkṣa Adj. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,3,36. aṣṭādaśāratni Adj. KĀTY. ŚR. 8,6,4.

Apte 1890 adjective

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aṣṭādaśan a. [aṣṭa ca daśa ca] Eighteen; agāhatāṣṭādaśatāṃ jigīṣayā navadvayadvīpapṛthagjayaśriyāṃ N. 1. 5. Comp. — aṃgaḥ — gaṃ the eighteen parts of medical science. — upacāraḥ [karma˚ saṃjñātvānna dviguḥ] the eighteen modes of showing respect or worshipping; āsanaṃ svāgataṃ pādyamarghyamācamanīyakaṃ snānaṃ vastrepavītaṃ ca bhūṣaṇāni ca sarvaśaḥ . gaṃdhapuṣpe tathā dhūpadīpāvannaṃ ca tarpaṇaṃ . mālyānulepanaṃ caiva namaskāravisarjane . aṣṭādaśopacāraistu maṃtrī pūjāṃ samācaret Tantra. — upapurāṇaṃ a secondary or minor Purāṇa; aṣṭānyupapurāṇāni munibhiḥ kathitāni tu . ādyaṃ sanatkumāroktaṃ nārāsīṃhamataḥ paraṃ . tṛtīyaṃ nāradaṃ proktaṃ kumāreṇa tu bhāṣitaṃ . caturthaṃ śivadharmākhyaṃ sākṣānnaṃdīśabhāṣitaṃ . durvāsasoktamāścaryaṃ nāradoktamataḥparaṃ . kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ caiva tathaivośanaseritaṃ . brahmāṃḍaṃ vāruṇaṃ cātha kālikāhvayameva ca . māheśvaraṃ tathā śāṃbaṃ sauraṃ sarvārthasaṃcayaṃ . parāśaroktaṃ pravaraṃ tathā bhāgavatadvayaṃ . idamaṣṭādaśaṃ proktaṃ purāṇaṃ kaurmasaṃjñitaṃ . caturdhā saṃsthitaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃhitānāṃ prabhedataḥ .. Hemādri. — dhānyaṃ the 18 kinds of corn; yavagodhūmadhānyāni tilāḥ kaṃgukulatthakāḥ . māṣā mudgā masūrāśca niṣpāvāḥ śyāmasarṣapāḥ .. gavedhukāśca nīvārā oḍhakyo'tha satīnakāḥ . caṇakāścīnakāścaiva dhānyānyaṣṭādaśaiva tu ... — purāṇaṃ the eighteen Purāṇas: brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā . tathānyannāradīyaṃ ca mārkaṃḍeyaṃ ca saptamaṃ .. āgneyamaṣṭakaṃ proktaṃ bhaviṣyannavamaṃ tathā . daśamaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ liṃgamekādaśaṃ tathā .. vārāhaṃ dvādaśaṃ proktaṃ skāṃdaṃ cātra trayodaśaṃ . catudarśaṃ vāmanaṃ ca kaurmaṃ paṃcadaśaṃ tathā .. mātsyaṃ ca gāruḍaṃ caiva brahmāṃḍāṣṭādaśaṃ tathā ... — bhujā an epithet of the goddess mahālakṣmī. — vidyā the eighteen kinds of learning or lores; aṃgāni vedāścatvāro mīmāṃsā nyāyavistaraḥ . dharmaśāstraṃ purāṇaṃ ca vidyā hyetāścartudaśa .. āyurvedo dhanurvedo gāṃdharvaśceti te trayaḥ . arthaśāstraṃ caturthaṃ tu vidyā hyaṣṭādaśaiva tu ... — vivādapadaṃ the eighteen subjects of litigation (causes of dispute); see Ms. 8. 4-7. — smṛtikārin m. pl. the eighteen Smṛtikāras or law-givers of the Āryas; viṣṇuḥ parāśaro dakṣaḥ saṃvartavyāsahāritāḥ . śātātapo vasiṣṭhaśca yamāpastaṃbagautamāḥ . devalaḥ śaṃkhalikhitau bharadvājośanotrayaḥ . śaunako yājñavalkyaśca daśāṣṭau smṛtikāriṇaḥ ...

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

aṣṭā́daśan achtzehn.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

aṣṭādaśan a. dix-huit.

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