Dashamukha, Daśamukha, Dashan-mukha: 10 definitions
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Dashamukha has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Daśamukha can be transliterated into English as Dasamukha or Dashamukha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDaśamukha (दशमुख):—(daśan + mukha)
1) n. pl. zehn Münde: so (rāvaṇaḥ) sṛgvamandaśamukhaiḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 10, 23.] —
2) adj. zehn Gesichter habend; m. Beiname Rāvaṇa’s [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 5.] [Meghadūta 59.] [Gītagovinda 1, 11.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 45, 1.] [Sāhityadarpana 7, 11.] ripu Beiname Rāma’s [Raghuvaṃśa 14, 87.] daśamukhāntaka desgl. [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDaśamukha (दशमुख):—1. n. Pl. und f. ī ([Bālarāmāyaṇa 16,21.123,10]) zehn Münder.
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Daśamukha (दशमुख):—2. m. Beiname Rāvaṇa's. ripu und mukhāntaka m. Beiname Rāma's.
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Partial matches: Dasa, Mukha, Tacan, Taca.
Starts with: Dashamukhantaka, Dashamukharavana, Dashamukharipu, Dashamukhavadha.
Ends with: Caturdashamukha, Chaturdashamukha, Ekedashamukha, Trayodashamukha.
Full-text (+9): Dashamukhantaka, Dashasya, Dashanana, Dashamukharipu, Dashamukhavadha, Dashamukhi, Ravana, Tacamukan, Dashavaktra, Dashavadana, Dashakantha, Dashamauli, Ratnashravas, Dashakandhara, Dashagriva, Kaikasi, Bahurupin, Bahurupa, Sarpa, Satyavati.
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