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astadiggaja

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
as-tadig-ga-ja
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A term applied to the eight male elephants standing guard over the eight zones.

name

(plural only) A collective term given to eight Telugu poets in the court of emperor Sri Krishna Deva Raya in the 16th century.

Etymology

From Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa, “eight”) + दिक् (dik, “direction”) + गज (gaja, “elephant”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: दिश्, अष्ट

Inflected Forms

Astadiggajas (plural)

Questions

What does astadiggaja mean?
A term applied to the eight male elephants standing guard over the eight zones.
Where does astadiggaja come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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