Curnika, Cūrṇikā: 12 definitions
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Curnika has 11 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Churnika.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCūrṇikā (चूर्णिका):—(von cūrṇa) f.
1) geröstetes und darauf gemahlenes Korn [Bhūriprayoga im Śabdakalpadruma] eine Art Backwerk [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 11, 20.] —
2) eine Art einfacher Prosa [Colebrooke II, 133.] — Vgl. cūrṇaka .
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: Curnikakirtanani, Curnikar, Curnikara, Curnikarana, Curnikarisu.
Ends with: Bhagavatacurnika, Dhyanacurnika, Krishnacurnika, Lakshmanacurnika, Lekhyacurnika, Minakshicurnika, Paniyacurnika.
Full-text: Cunnia, Lekhyacurnika, Curnaka, Cunniya, Lakshmanacurnika, Minakshicurnika, Bhagavatacurnika, Bheda, Paniyacurnika, Paniyavarnika, Cuṇṇa, Curna, Prabhakara, Vasavadatta, Bhagavatapurana.
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