Akshamsha, ṣāṃś, Aksha-amsha, Akshamsa: 10 definitions
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Akshamsha 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 term ṣāṃś can be transliterated into English as Aksamsa or Akshamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Termsṣāṃś (अक्षां�).—Local latitude in degrees. Note: ṣāṃś is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryakṣāṃśa (अक्षां�).—m S A degree of (terrestrial) latitude.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishakṣāṃśa (अक्षां�).�m A degree of (terrestrial) latitude.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṣāṃś (अक्षां�).—the degree of latitude.
Derivable forms: ṣāṃś� (अक्षांशः).
ṣāṃś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣa and ṃśa (अं�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣāṃś (अक्षां�).—m.
(-ś�) A degree of latitude. E. ṣa and ṃśa a part.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣāṃ (अक्षां�):—[from ṣa > ak�] m. a degree of latitude.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣāṃś (अक्षां�):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-ś�) A degree of latitude. E. ṣa and ṃśa.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣāṃś (अक्षां�):�(ś�) 1. m. Degree of latitude.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṣāṃś (ಅಕ್ಷಾಂ�):—[noun] (geog.) angular distance, measured in degrees, north or south from the equator; a degree of latitude.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionaryṣāṃś (अक्षां�):—n. Geog. (degree of) latitude or longitude;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Aksha, Amsha.
Starts with: Akshamshamapaka, Akshamshamapana, Akshamshapuraka, Akshamsharekhe, Akshamshavritta.
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