# अष्टांग (aṣṭāṃga)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ashtanga

अष्टांग (aṣṭāṃga) is a Sanskrit word meaning eight parts of the body, eight parts of a court, the collective materials of worship, a dice board.

- **SLP1:** `azwAMga`  **IAST:** aṣṭāṃga  **Devanagari:** अष्टांग
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtanga_%28eight_limbs_of_yoga%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ashtanga/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** अष्टाङ्ग (aṣṭāṅga)

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- 1. Eight parts of the body. 2. Eight parts of a court.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अष्टांग (aṣṭāṃga) [Printed book page 072-a ] अष्टांग (aṣṭāṃga) ( गं ) ((gaṃ)) 1. n. Eight parts of the body or of a court. [ ID=3789 ]
- 1. Eight parts of the body used for profound obeisance. 2. The collective materials of worship. 3. A dice board.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अष्टांग (aṣṭāṃga) [Printed book page 083-07 ] अष्टन् - अंग (aṣṭan-aṃga) m. 1. eight parts of the body with which very profound obeisance is performed (the phrase साष्टांगं प्रणम्य (sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇamya) is often used); 2. materials of worship taken together; 3. a dice-board. [ ID=4282 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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