English Explanatory Dictionary

Astadiggaja

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A term applied to the eight male elephants standing guard over the eight zones.
  2. (plural only) A collective term given to eight Telugu poets in the court of emperor Sri Krishna Deva Raya in the 16th century.

Word forms

Astadiggaja Astadiggajas

Etymology

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

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