Canaka, Caṇaka, Cāṇaka: 18 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCaṇaka (चणक):—(von caṇa)
1) m. a) Kichererbse [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 18.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1171.] [Suśruta 1, 73, 8. 197, 13. 2, 77, 1. 412, 1.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 40. fg.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 15, 14. 16, 34.] ucchalito pi hi caṇako bhrāṣṭraṃ bhaṅktuṃ na śaknoti [Pañcatantra I, 148.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Muni, des Vaters von Cāṇakya, [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] caṇakātmaja m. = cāṇakya [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 853.] —
2) f. caṇakā Linum usitatissimum (atasī) [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] (u. atasī), Leinsamen [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] nach derselben Aut. Vgl. caṇḍikā . —
3) f. caṇikā ein best. Gras, = kṣetrajā, godugdhā, sunīlā, himā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Cāṇaka (चाणक):—adj. von cāṇakya gaṇa kaṇvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 111.] — Vgl. cāṇakya [2.]
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Cāṇaka (चाणक):—im pl. ist der pl. zum patron. cāṇakya .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCaṇaka (चणक):——
1) m. — a) Kichererbse [Indische sprüche 7677.] — b) Nomen proprium — a) *des Vaters von Cāṇakya. — b) eines Dorfes [Hemacandra's Pariśiṣṭaparvan 8,194.] —
2) *f. caṇakā Linum usitatissimum , Leinsamen. —
3) *f. caṇikā ein best. Gras [Rājan 8,147.]
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Cāṇaka (चाणक):—Adj. von cāṇakya 1).
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Starts with (+3): Canakah, Canakala, Canakalavana, Canakaloni, Canakam, Canakamata, Canakamla, Canakamlaka, Canakamlavar, Canakamlavara, Canakamukkan, Canakan, Canakantakam, Canakantam, Canakapita, Canakappulitam, Canakarakam, Canakata, Canakatiyar, Canakatmaja.
Ends with (+12): Acanaka, Anakacanaka, Ardracanaka, Asecanaka, Audancanaka, Avasincanaka, Bhrishtacanaka, Brahmanavacanaka, Kacanaka, Kancanaka, Kimcanaka, Kincanaka, Locanaka, Mocanaka, Muncanaka, Mundacanaka, Nayacanaka, Pacanaka, Recanaka, Rocanaka.
Full-text (+27): Canakamlaka, Canakatmaja, Canakina, Canakya, Cana, Krishnacancuka, Canakam, Mundacanaka, Canakaloni, Canakavinem, Canakalavana, Kimcanaka, Canakyamulaka, Canakavanem, Canakyashloka, Khalvanga, Canakamlavar, Kalyanarakshita, Bhrashtraka, Canaa.
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