Akshakrida, 础办峁办谤墨岣嵞�, Aksha-krida: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 础办峁办谤墨岣嵞� can be transliterated into English as Aksakrida or Akshakrida, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Archaeological Survey of India: 艢aiva monuments at Pa峁弓adakal (pur膩峁嘺)础办峁办谤墨岣嵞� (啶呧啷嵿し啶曕啶班啶∴ぞ) is one of the popular games played right from the Vedic days to even to-day. Ak峁 is the term coined in the 峁歡veda for dice and it is condemned: ak峁ir m膩 d墨vya岣�. Even the famous grammarian P膩峁噄ni mentions the word in a 蝉奴迟谤补, ak峁艣al膩k膩sa峁僰hy膩岣� pari峁嚹� (II, 1, 10). It is not only condemned but also the evil effects of it are amplified in the literature of the past. Owing to his addiction in playing this game Yudhi峁ａ弓hira, hero of the Mah膩bh膩rata, lost his kingdom. King Nala of Ik峁膩ku line suffered in the forest after having lost his realm in gambling. However, pur膩峁噄c texts say that gods and goddesses were taking pleasure in gambling for their amusement and would play for years together.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: Archaeological Survey of India: 艢aiva monuments at Pa峁弓adakal (艣ilpa)础办峁办谤墨岣嵞� (啶呧啷嵿し啶曕啶班啶∴ぞ) is represented as a sculpture at the temple of Loke艣vara, eastern porch, south pillar, west face.鈥敶“灬梗a办谤墨岣嵞� is one of the popular games played right from the Vedic days to even to-day. In the temple of Loke艣vara we meet with one such example from a mythological text. Here the divine couple 艢iva and P膩rvat墨 are playing dice in the presence of their attendants and servants. Both are sitting, face-to-face, on the floor and a dice-board or a dice-cloth is spread in between them. They are fully engaged in the play and the hand gesture of P膩rvat墨 is such that it looks as if she is going to throw the dice.
The whole scene is divided into two halves. By the side of P膩rvat墨 are carved all her female attendants and by the side of 艢iva all male attendants. Ga峁噀艣a is sitting next to 艢iva. There is a cauri-bearer for P膩rvat墨 but no such character on the side of 艢iva. Nandin is standing in front of an attendant who is sitting next to P膩rvat墨. 艢iva is shown with four hands holding 辫补谤补艣耻 and 迟谤颈艣奴濒补, in his upper left and right hands respectively. With his lower right hand he holds the dice-board, while the left one is resting on his knee. He wears a necklace, which looks like 谤耻诲谤腻办峁尘腻濒腻, made of 谤耻诲谤腻办峁 berries, whereas the twohanded goddess holds dice in her right hand and her left hand is not distinctly visible. Below this scene are shown dancers. They are all slender and very handsome.
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣膩stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryak峁kr墨岣嵞� (啶呧啷嵿し啶曕啶班啶∴ぞ).鈥攆 (S) 补办峁诲测奴迟补 n (S) Dice-playing, gambling.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishak峁kr墨岣嵞� (啶呧啷嵿し啶曕啶班啶∴ぞ).鈥�f-诲测奴迟补 n Gambling.
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.
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