Bhakshaka, Bhakṣaka: 16 definitions
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Bhakshaka has 15 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Bhakṣaka can be transliterated into English as Bhaksaka or Bhakshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Bakshak.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBhakṣaka (भक्षक):—(wie eben)
1) nom. ag. Geniesser, Esser; Verspeiser, sich nährend von: bhakṣyabhakṣakayoḥ prītirvipattereva kāraṇam [Spr. 2009.] māṃsa (pi-śāca) [Harivaṃśa 14607.] śasya [Hitopadeśa 75, 8.] vāsukirvāyubhakṣakaḥ [Spr. 2131.] jagadbhakṣakabhakṣaka (viṣṇu) der diejenigen verspeist, die die Welt verspeisen, [PAÑCAR. 4, 3, 73.] gefrässig [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 20.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 394.] [Halāyudha 2, 195.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 13, 173.] Vgl. kaṇa . —
2) m. = bhakṣa Speise in gajabhakṣaka . —
3) f. bhakṣikā am Ende eines comp. das Geniessen, Essen, Genuss: ikṣu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 111,] [Scholiast] [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 2, 16.] — Vgl. bhagabhakṣaka .
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Bhakṣaka (भक्षक):—
1) das obj. im gen. [Kathāsaritsāgara 94, 133.] im comp. vorangehend [62, 214. 63, 182.] — Vgl. uṣṭrabhakṣikā .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBhakṣaka (भक्षक):——
1) Adj. Subst. geniessend , essend , Geniesser , Verspeiser , sich nährend von ; die Ergänzung im Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend. —
2) m. Speise [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,723,9.] —
3) f. bhakṣikā — a) das Kauen in ikṣu. — b) Speise in uṣṭra.
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: Bhakshakara, Bhakshakari.
Ends with: Agnibhakshaka, Angarabhakshaka, Ashvabhakshaka, Bhagabhakshaka, Bhakshyabhakshaka, Gajabhakshaka, Kanabhakshaka, Kantakabhakshaka, Kitabhakshaka, Mamsabhakshaka, Narabhakshaka, Sarvannabhakshaka, Sarvvannabhakshaka, Shakrabhakshabhakshaka, Shasyabhakshaka, Vayubhakshaka.
Full-text (+3): Kanabhakshaka, Gajabhakshaka, Shasyabhakshaka, Sarvannabhakshaka, Bhagabhakshaka, Bhakshakari, Sarvannin, Vayubhakshaka, Bhakkhaga, Sarvabhaksha, Gavashana, Ushtrabhakshika, Sarvannina, Sarvannabhojin, Bhakshyabhakshaka, Shakrabhakshabhakshaka, Bhakshika, Bakshak, Sarvvannabhakshaka, Kantakabhakshaka.
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