Astadiggaja

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A term applied to the eight male elephants standing guard over the eight zones.
  • A collective term given to eight Telugu poets in the court of emperor Sri Krishna Deva Raya in the 16th century.

Origin

  • From Sanskrit अष्ट ("eight") + दिक् + गज.

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