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Ashtadiggaja

/ˌʌʃtəˈdɪɡɡədʒə/

Ashtadiggaja noun: a great elephant, a world elephant.

ashtadiggaja: a great elephant, a world elephant
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Noun

Ashtadiggaja (plural Ashtadiggajas)

  1. a great elephant, a world elephant
  2. (Hinduism) the eight elephants guarding the eight cardinal directions.
  3. (historical) the eight eminent poets at the court of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara Empire

Ashtadiggaja meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Sanskrit

Ashtadiggaja in Hindi

The eight World Elephants in Hinduism
अष्टदिग्गज aṣṭadiggaj

Ashtadiggaja in Marathi

The eight World Elephants in Hinduism
अष्टदिग्गज aṣṭadiggaj

Ashtadiggaja in Bengali

একটি মহান হাতি, একটি বিশ্ব হাতি

Ashtadiggaja in Sanskrit

The eight World Elephants in Hinduism
अष्टदिग्गज aṣṭadiggaja
More languagesFewer languages
Ashtadiggaja in Nepali
अष्टदिग्गज aṣṭadiggaj

Forms of Ashtadiggaja

pluralAshtadiggajas

Origin of Ashtadiggaja

Borrowed from Sanskrit अष्टदिग्गज (aṣṭadiggaja).

Questions about Ashtadiggaja

What does Ashtadiggaja mean?
Ashtadiggaja means a great elephant, a world elephant.
What is Ashtadiggaja in Hindi?
Ashtadiggaja in Hindi is अष्टदिग्गज (aṣṭadiggaj). See Ashtadiggaja meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Ashtadiggaja?
Ashtadiggaja is a noun.
How do you pronounce Ashtadiggaja?
Ashtadiggaja is pronounced /ˌʌʃtəˈdɪɡɡədʒə/.
What is the plural of Ashtadiggaja?
The plural of Ashtadiggaja is Ashtadiggajas.

Words near Ashtadiggaja in the dictionary

  1. Ashtabula
  2. Ashtabula County
  3. Ashtabulan
  4. Ashtabulans
  5. Ashtadhyayi
  6. Ashtadiggaja
  7. Ashtadiggajas
  8. ashtamangala
  9. Ashtami
  10. ashtanga
  11. ashtangas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ashtadiggaja (page history and authors); Ashtadiggaja (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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