Dahaka: 16 definitions
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Dahaka has 14 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Dahak.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDāhaka (दाहक):—(wie eben)
1) adj. (f. dāhikā) verbrennend, in Brand steckend, brennend: kṣetraveśmavanagrāmavivītakhala [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 282.] [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 158.] śaktiryathāgnau dāhikā sthitā [BRAHMAVAIV. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Oxforder Handschriften 23,a,8. 24,b. 18.] —
2) m. Plumbago zeylanica Lin., = citraka [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] = raktacitraka ebend.
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Dāhaka (दाहक):—
1) agni [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 10, 8.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDāhaka (दाहक):——
1) Adj. (f. hikā) verbrennend , in Brand steckend , brennend. —
2) *m. Plumbago rosea [Rājan 6,47.]
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: Dahakala, Dahakana, Dahakapatti, Dahakashakti, Dahakashtha.
Ends with: Amtardahaka, Chavadahaka, Civaranidahaka, Masadahaka, Nidahaka, Shavadahaka, Trailokyadahaka, Uddahaka, Vanadahaka, Vidahaka.
Full-text: Dahak, Shavadahaka, Dahaga, Dahavana, Dahin, Vanadahaka, Ahi, Vidahaka, Dahya, Chavadahaka, Ushangu, Vritra, Daha, Dahana, Raktacitraka.
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A Manual of Khshnoom (by Phiroz Nasarvanji Tavaria)
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
11 (b). The New Tantraprāyaścitta < [Chapter 4 - Socio-Cultural aspects of Expiatory Rites]
2. Expiatory Rites in Tantrasamuccaya < [Chapter 3 - Expiatory Rites in Kerala Tantric Ritual Manuals]
Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) (by Lathika M. P.)
Tāntric Measures < [Chapter 3 - References to Śaṅkara’s Philosophy]