# अक्षयवट (akṣayavaṭa)

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अक्षयवट (akṣayavaṭa) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a very ancient sacred banyan tree, an undying banyan tree in Gaya.

- **SLP1:** `akzayavawa`  **IAST:** akṣayavaṭa  **Devanagari:** अक्षयवट
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshayavata
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/akshayavata/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### The Sacred Banyan Tree Akṣayavaṭa at Gayā (2 definitions)
- Name of a very ancient sacred banyan tree  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1308,2] अ - क्षय - वट (a-kṣaya-vaṭa) m. ‘undecaying Banyan’, N. of a very ancient sacred tree, Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 337. [ ID=570.1 sup ]
- an undying banyan tree in Gaya  
  *The Purana Index*
  > अक्षयवट (akṣayavaṭa) [Printed book page 1-006 ] Akṣayavaṭa — in Gayā; 1 the fruits of anna śrāddha at. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Vā. 105. 45; 109. 16.] [ Footnote: 2) Vā. 111. 79 & 83.] [ ID=36 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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