अशोकवनिकान्याय
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- the rule of the grove of अशोक trees (applied to cases in which a preference of any particular thing among many cannot be accounted for, just as रावण kept सीता in an अशोक grove, but might equally well have kept her in a grove of other trees).
Etymology
Compound from Sanskrit अशोक (without grief, the plant taxlink, unsorrowful, sorrowless, Saraca asoca, not sad, without sadness) + Sanskrit वनिका + Sanskrit न्याय.
Origin
Sanskrit
न्याय
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ashok English
- Ashoka English
- अन्धचटकन्याय Sanskrit
- अन्धपरम्परान्याय Sanskrit
- अरुन्धतीदर्शनन्याय Sanskrit
- अशोक Sanskrit
- अश्मलोष्ट्रन्याय Sanskrit
- कपिञ्जलन्याय Sanskrit
- घुणाक्षरन्याय Sanskrit
- न्याय Sanskrit
- वनिका Sanskrit
- अशोक Hindi
- न्याय Hindi
- อโศก Thai
- 阿育王 Chinese
- অশোক Bengali
- 𑀅𑀲𑁄𑀓 Ashokan Prakrit