Aksharanyasa, ṣaԲ: 7 definitions
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Aksharanyasa 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 ṣaԲ can be transliterated into English as Aksaranyasa or Aksharanyasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: Shodhganga: Vaisnava Agamas And Visnu ImagesṣaԲ (अक्षरन्यास) refers to “invocation of the alphabets� (in different parts of the icon), as defined in the Pārameśvarasaṃhitā 15.403b-404.—Accordingy, “In worship, whatever the medium may be, the divine power is invoked with all the features both visible and invisible. The alphabets (ṇa or ṛk) are invoked in different parts of the icon, which is known as ṣaԲ. Like this the ܻ (attributes) and ornaments are also invoked. The medium may be kumbha (pitcher), ṇḍ (fire alter), ṇḍ (diagram) or bimba (Dz)�.

Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) 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 DictionaryṣaԲ (अक्षरन्यास).—m S Setting of letters; orthography or spelling.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-EnglishṣaԲ (अक्षरन्यास).�m-paddhati f Orthography.
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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṣaԲ (अक्षरन्यास):—[=-ṣa-Բ] [from -ṣa] m. array of syllables or letters
2) [v.s. ...] the alphabet.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryṣaԲ (अक्षरन्यास):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-�) Scripture, a writing. See also ṣaԲ. E. ṣa and Բ.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
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Partial matches: Akshara, Nyasa.
Full-text: Aksharasamsthana, Aksharavinyasa, Atmashuddhi, Nyasa.
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