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vidyā ṣaḍakṣarī: six-syllable knowledge
vidyā f. knowledge (cf. kāla-jāta-v°), science, learning, scholarship, philosophy;
ṣaḍakṣarī: six-syllable; Edgerton says: ṣaḍ-akṣarī , (1) n. of a magic formula of six syllables (om maṇi padme hūṃ, Kv 76.6): Kv 67.3 ff.; 74.15 etc.; 76.4 etc.; ṣaḍ is the form of ṣaṣ used in compounds. akṣarī is an i-stem feminine form of akṣara “syllable”.