Antaka, Amtaka, Antāka: 26 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Antaka (अन्तक):—1. (von anta) Rand, Saum (eines Feldes) [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 2, 1, 4.]

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Antaka (अन्तक):—2. (von anta)

1) adj. das Ende bereitend, den Tod bringend: sa rāmo dāraharaṇānnikṛtaste ntako bhavet [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 46, 9.] mārgaṇaiḥ jīvitāntakaiḥ [25, 5.] bhaye vā jīvitāntake [4, 6, 10.] devāntakanarāntakau [(2] Rakṣas) [6, 69, 14.] tārakāntakamatputra [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 41.] —

2) m. der Endemacher, der Tod (häufig neben Mṛtyu personificirt): antakāya mṛ.yave.namaḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 1, 1.] tāmantako mārtya.o adhok [13, 2. 6, 46, 2. 19, 9, 7.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 30, 7. 18. 39, 13.] [KĀṬHOP. 1, 26.] nāntakaḥ (tṛpyati) sarvabhūtānām [Pañcatantra I, 153.] rākṣasānantakopamān [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 25, 20.] vyāttānanamivāntakam [7, 8.] parivṛto bhūtairdehavadbhirivāntakaḥ [6, 36, 6.] atikruddha ivāntakaḥ .. yathā yamo yathā mṛtyuryathā kālo yathā vidhiḥ . hantāsmi rākṣasānadya [3, 69, 19. 20. 4, 18, 10. 6, 30, 24.] daṇḍahastamivāntakam [3, 32, 5.] pāśahastamivāntakam [43, 33. 6, 92, 46.] trijagatpralayaśaktaḥ kṛtoṃkāra ivāntakaḥ [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 5, 1.] mayi nāntako pi prabhuḥ prahartum [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 62.] kāla ivāntakaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 7, 9. 4, 14, 25. 5, 52, 9.] Vgl. kālāntaka, yamāntaka, kālāntakayama . [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 54.] und [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 184.] wird antaka als ein Name des Yama aufgeführt und [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 87.] scheint unter antaka geradezu Yama gemeint zu sein. —

3) Nomen proprium eines Schützlings der Aśvin [Ṛgveda 1, 112, 6.] ein König aus der Śuṅga Dynastie [Matsyapurāṇa im Viṣṇupurāṇa 471, Nalopākhyāna 31] (v. l. ārdraka). [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 350.] — Ueber antaka am Ende eines adj. comp. s. u. anta [8. 9.]

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Antaka (अन्तक):—2.

2) [Z. 3 lies 10, 23 Stenzler 13, 2.] —

4) eine Art Fieber [Oxforder Handschriften 318,b,1 v. u. 319,b, No. 758.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Antaka (अन्तक):—1. m. Saum , Rand.

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Antaka (अन्तक):—2. —

1) Adj. das Ende bereitend , den Tod bringend.

2) m. — a) der Endemacher , Tod ; der Todesgott (Yama) [85,25.150,8.] [Indische sprüche 7644.] — b) ein best. Fieber. — c) Nomen proprium zweier Männer.

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Antaka (अन्तक):—3. Adj. —

1) auslautend auf [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3,5,21.H.242.] —

2) enthaltend [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2,1,5.]

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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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