Hemakara, Heman-kara, Hemakāra: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchHemakara (हेमकर):—adj. Gold machend: Śiva [Mahābhārata 13, 1178.]
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Hemakāra (हेमकार):—m. Goldschmied [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 292.] [Mahābhārata 12, 1799.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 27, 22.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 25, 174.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 7, 21.] ka m. dass. [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 147.]
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: Hemakara maithila, Hemakaraka.
Ends with: Kshemakara, Yogakshemakara.
Full-text: Hemakara maithila, Dyokara, Jnananandatarangini, Hemakartri, Hemakaraka, Anyaya, Katantravrittipanjika, Kara.
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.292 < [Section XXXVIII - Treatment of Criminals and their Punishment]
Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study) (by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah)
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The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 65 - Thousand names of Śiva (Rudra-sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]