Andhakaraka, Andhakāraka: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAndhakāraka (अन्धकारक):—m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Dyutimant [Viṣṇupurāṇa 199.] arthakāraka [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAndhakāraka (अन्धकारक):—Nomen proprium —
1) m. eines Sohnes des Dyutimant , n. des von ihm beherrschten Varṣa [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,4,48.] —
2) m. eines Berges [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,4,50.]
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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Ends with: Gandhakaraka.
Full-text: Arthakaraka, Krauncadvipa, Dyutiman.
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