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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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