Etymology

Astadiggaja

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Today it means: A term applied to the eight male elephants standing guard over the eight zones. Full definition →

Sanskrit अष्ट
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromअष्ट“eight”
  2. English todayAstadiggaja

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.