Kamsa, Kaṃsa, Kaṃsā, Kamsha, Kaṃśa: 31 definitions

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Kamsa means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Kamsa has 29 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Kaṃśa can be transliterated into English as Kamsa or Kamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kaṃśa (कंश):—m. n. = kaṃsa [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 32,] [Scholiast]

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Kaṃsa (कंस):—

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Kāṃsa (कांस):—

1) adj. aus Kaṃsa (fehlt als Name einer Localität u. kaṃsa) gebürtig gaṇa takṣaśilādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 93.] —

2) m. n. [Siddhāntakaumudī.249,b,7.]

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Kaṃsa (कंस):—

2) m. = āḍhaka, bhājana, droṇa, kumbha, ghaṭa, armaṇa [Oxforder Handschriften 307,b,9.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH.1,1,20.] —

4) duḥsvapna [Oxforder Handschriften 27,a,18.] yajña [19.] hanana [23.] —

6) kaṃsa Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit gaṇa takṣaśilādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 93.] — Vgl. kāṃsa, kāṃsya .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Kaṃsa (कंस):——

1) m. (*n.) ein metallenes Gefäss , — Becher. —

2) m. *n. ein best. Hohlmaass , = āḍhaka , = zwei āḍhaka [Carakasaṃhitā 7,12.] —

3) m. n. Messing , Glockengut. sthāla n. [Lāṭyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 8,11,25.] —

4) m. Nomen proprium eines von Kṛṣṇa erschlagenen Fürsten von Mathurā [241,3.] —

5) Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit. —

6) f. ā Nomen proprium einer Schwester Kaṃsa's.

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Kāṃsa (कांस):—Adj. aus Kaṃsa gebürtig.

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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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