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meanings of "ayana"

a.{a-stem}

1.going (at the end of comp.);

2.a walk;

3.a place;

4.a way of entrance (to an array of troops or vyuuha);

5.rotation;

6.a particular period in the year for the performance of particular sacrificial or other religious works;

7.the sun's passage;

8.(hence) the period of this passage;

9.the equinoctial and solstitial points;

10.method;

11.a zaastra;

12.final emancipation;

13.a commentary;

14.the deities presiding over the ayanas

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