Astadiggaja

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proper noun

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

OriginSanskrit अष्ट →
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Meanings

proper nounAstadiggaja (plural Astadiggajas)

plural Astadiggajas

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

Origin

  1. Sanskritअष्ट“eight”
  2. EnglishAstadiggaja

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

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Astadiggaja. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Astadiggaja

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Chicago

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