Jaghanacapala, Jaghanacapalā, Jaghana-capala: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchJaghanacapalā (जघनचपला):—(ja + ca) f.
1) ein geiles Weib (mit den Hüften beweglich): patyurvideśagamane paramasukhaṃ jaghanacapalāyāḥ [Pañcatantra I, 189.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 104, 3.] —
2) eine Art Āryā-Metrum [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] jaghanyacapalā (neben mukhacapalā) [Colebrooke] [?II,154,a.]
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Jaghanacapalā (जघनचपला):—
2) [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 296. fgg. 300. 302. 307.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungJaghanacapalā (जघनचपला):—f. —
1) ein geiles Weib. —
2) ein best. Metrum.
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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Partial matches: Jaghana, Capala.
Full-text: Jaghanyacapala, Matravritta, Mukhacapala, Sarvacapala, Capala, Arya.
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