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    akṣamālā

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 4.
    akṣamālā f. (-lā)

    1 A rosary, a string of beads, especially of the seeds of the Eleocarpus.

    2 The name of ARUNDHATĪ, wife of VAŚIṢṬHA, (from her wearing a rosary.)

    E. akṣa a kind of seed or bead, and mālā a necklace.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 3, col. 2.
    akṣa-mālā (lā) 1. f. A rosary.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 6, col. 1.
    akṣamālā f. (-lā) I. Tatpur. A rosary, a string of beads,

    especially of the seeds of the Eleocarpus.

    II. Bahuvr. The name of Arundhati, wife of Vasiṣṭha,

    (from her wearing a rosary.) E. akṣa (a kind of seed or

    bead) and mālā.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2.
    akṣamālā f. rosary, string of beads (also °likā f.); E. of Arundhatī.)

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2, col. 2.
    akṣamālā akṣa-mālā, f. rosary; N. of Arundhati.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 3, col. 2.
    akṣa—mālā f. a string or rosary of beads, especially of Eleocarpus seeds
    ☞ p. 3, col. 2.
    N. of Arundhatī, wife of Vasiṣṭha (from her wearing a rosary), Mn. ix, 23
    ☞ p. 3, col. 2.
    N. of the mother of Vatsa.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 3, col. 2.
    akṣamālā

    f. (-lā)

    1. A rosary, a string of beads, especially of the seeds
    of the Eleocarpus.

    2. The name of ARUNDHATI, wife of VASISHṬ-
    HA, (from her wearing a rosary.)

    E. akṣa a kind of seed or bead,
    and mālā a necklace.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 7, col. 1.
    akṣamālā akṣamālā f. (mālā) guirlande de grains de l'élœocarpus; chapelet;

    alphabet.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 16.
    akṣamālā (2. ákṣa 10. + mālā) f. Rosenkranz H. an. 4, 285. MED. l. 147. DEV. 2, 23.
    ☞ vol. 5, p. 945.
    akṣamālā Rosenkranz AV. PARIŚ. 43,4,11. R.6,82,84. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 85,a,37. 120,a,20.
    ☞ vol. 7, p. 1686.
    akṣamālā N. pr. der Mutter Vatsa's HALL in der Einl. zu VĀSAVAD. 12.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 4, col. 2.
    akṣamālā f.

    — 1) ein Rosenkranz den Samenkörnern des Elacocarpus Ganitrus.

    — 2) Bein. der Arundhati 1189,23.

    — 3) N.pr. der Mutter Vastsa's.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 2, col. 1.
    akṣamālā u. °likā f. Rosenkranz (zum Beten); Frauenname; Bein. der Arundhatī.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 2, col. 1.
    akṣamālā f. (ex akṣa sgnf. 5. et mālā sertum floreum)

    «a rosarie» DEV. 2. 23.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 43, col. 2.
    akṣamālā strī akṣāṇāṃ rudrākṣāṇāṃ mālā . rudrākṣa
    bījagrathitamālāyām . akārādikṣakārāntaḥ akṣa statkṛtā
    tatpratinidhībhūtā vā mālā śā0 ta0 . ekapañcāśadvarṇa-
    mālāyām tatpratinidhībhūtāyāṃ sphaṭikādigrathitāyām
    bāhyamālāyāñca “śoṣyamāṇapuṣkarabījaṃ grathyamanākṣa māla-
    miti” kāda0 . “vibhāntamacchasphaṭikākṣamālayeti” māghaḥ .
    tadvivaraṇam . “kramotkramagate mālā mātṛkārṇe kṣameruke .
    lāvasānaiḥ sāṣṭavargairantaryajanakarmmaṇīti” sanatkumārīye .
    “padmabījādibhirmālā bahiryāge śṛṇuṣva tāḥ . rudrākṣaśaṅkha-
    padmākṣaputrajīvakamauktikaiḥ . sphāṭikairmaṇiratnaiśca suvarṇai
    rvidrumaistathā . rajataiḥ kuśamūlaiśca gṛhasthasyākṣamāli-
    keti” tantrasāre etat vistārastataevāgantavyaḥ . akṣasya
    nakṣatracakrasya māleva bhūṣaṇatvāt . arundhatyāṃ, sā hi
    uttarasyāṃ diśi gagane saptarṣimaṇḍalacakre vasiṣṭhasamīpe-
    mālārūpeṇa varttate sarvvebhyaśca ujvalatvāttasyā mālārūpeṇa
    sthitatvācca nakṣatracakrabhūṣaṇatvam .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 5.
    akṣamālā strī, (akṣāṇāṃ mālā .) akṣasūtraṃ .
    vaśiṣṭhapatnī . iti medinī .. (yathāha manuḥ —
    “akṣamālā vaśiṣṭhena saṃyuktādhamayonijā” .
    akṣasūtreti tāntrikabhāṣayā akārādikṣakā-
    rāntavarṇamālā rudrākṣamālā ca . yathā gauta-
    mīye, —
    “pañcāśallipibhirmālā vihitā japakarmmasu .
    akārādikṣakārāntā akṣamālā prakīrttitā ..
    kṣarṇaṃ merumukhaṃ tatra kalpayenmunisattama .
    anayā sarvvamantrāṇāṃ japaḥ sarvvasamṛddhidaḥ” ..
    iti tantrasāraḥ .. * .. anyat mālāśabde varṇa-
    mālāśabde ca draṣṭavyaṃ ..

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 29, col. 1.
    Akṣamālā. § 565 (Gālavacar.): V, 117, 3970 (Vasiṣṭhaś

    cākṣamālayā…reme; PCR. identifies her with Arundhatī).

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 5.
    Akṣamālā — of Śeṣa; see Akṣasūtra.

    Vā. 50. 50.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 23, col. 1.
    AKṢAMĀLĀ (ARUNDHATĪ). See under Arundhatī.

    Tāntrikābhidhānakośa

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 79.