Akarshaka, Ākarṣaka: 13 definitions
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Akarshaka has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Ākarṣaka can be transliterated into English as Akarsaka or Akarshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Akarshak.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀkarṣaka (आकर्षक):—(wie eben)
1) adj. an sich anziehend, = ākarṣe (v. l. ākaṣe) kuśalaḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 64.] —
2) m. Magnet [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) f. rṣikā Nomen proprium einer Stadt [Kathāsaritsāgara 3, 53.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀkarṣaka (आकर्षक):——
1) *Adj. = ākarṣe kuśalaḥ. —
2) m. Magnet [Viṣṇupurāṇa 8,7,30.] —
3) rṣikā f. Nomen proprium einer Stadt.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Akarshakam, Akarshakarika, Akarshakata.
Ends with: Anakarshaka, Anvakarshaka, Apakarshaka, Cittakarshaka, Karakarshaka, Kshetrakarshaka, Palvalakarshaka, Prakarshaka.
Full-text: Akasaka, Akarshakam, Akarshak, Akashika, Anvakarshaka, Agarisaga, Akarshika, Akarshadi, Shthal, Akarsha.
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