Gramakuta, Grāmakūṭa, Grama-kuta: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGrāmakūṭa (ग्रामकूट):—(grāma + kūṭa) m. der Vornehmste im Dorfe, ein Śūdra [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 10, 1.] [Hārāvalī 131.] — Vgl. mahattara .
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Grāmakūṭa (ग्रामकूट):—lies Dorfhaupt. = bhasmatūla n. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 292.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 157.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGrāmakūṭa (ग्रामकूट):—und ka m. etwa Dorfschulze.
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: Gramakutaka.
Full-text: Gramakutaka, Rashtra-grama-kuta, Bhasmatula, Deshillaka, Rashtra-grama-mahattara, Deshakuta, Kuta, Gavuda, Gavundu, Gramani, Gavunda, Grama-mahattara, Rashtrakuta, Gramapati, Gamunda, Paura-vithillaka, Mahattara.
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