Kankala, Kaṃkāla, Kamkala, Kamkala, Kaṅkāla, Kaṅkala, Kaṇkala, Kaṅkalā: 24 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKaṅkāla (कङ्काल):—Gerippe, m. [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 20.] n. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 628.] asthikaṅkālasaṃkīrṇā bhūrbabhūva [Sundopasundopākhyāna 2, 24.] kaṅkālamuṣala Bez. einer zauberhaften Waffe [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 29, 13.] [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 6, 11.] kaṅkālamālin mit einem Kranz von Knochen geschmückt, ein Beiname Śiva’s [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Kaṅkāla (कङ्काल):—n. [Halāyudha 3, 11.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 75, 43.] vakṣaḥ pātu raviḥ śaśvannābhiṃ sūryaḥ svayaṃ sadā . kaṅkālaṃ me sadā pātu sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ .. [BRAHMAVAIV. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 20, 26] bei [AUFRECHT, Halāyudha] [Ind.] siddhi [Oxforder Handschriften 92,b,38.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKaṅkāla (कङ्काल):——
1) m. n. Gerippe [161,9.] —
2) ein best. Tat [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 233.]
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Partial matches: Kaki, Kan, Kaan, Kaaki, Kaala, Kala, Ala.
Starts with (+6): Kamkaladamda, Kamkalamali, Kamkalamkapani, Kamkalasa, Kamkalate, Kamkalavaral, Kankalabhairava, Kankalabhairavatantra, Kankalabhakshin, Kankalabhakshini, Kankaladhara, Kankaladharamurti, Kankaladhyaya, Kankaladhyayavarttika, Kankalaka, Kankalakandala, Kankalaketu, Kankalamalabharin, Kankalamalin, Kankalamalinitantra.
Full-text (+41): Kankalamalin, Kamkalamali, Kankalaketu, Kankalabhairava, Atthikankala, Kankalamusala, Kankalamurti, Kankalabhairavatantra, Kankalashesha, Kankal, Kamkaladamda, Kankalin, Kankalabhakshin, Kankalam, Kankalabhakshini, Kankalamalabharin, Kankalini, Kankalan, Kankalakandala, Kankalaya.
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Prayogamanjari and Saivagamanibandhana (Study) (by R. Suthashi)
Description of Kankala-Murti < [Chapter 4 - Anthropomorphic forms of Shiva in Kerala Tantric works]
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
7. Favourable Directions for Installing the Śiva Mūrtis < [Chapter 3 - Prākāra Lakṣaṇa]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Internal Anatomy < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 65 - The Greatness of Ānandeśvara (ānanda-īśvara-tīrtha) < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 137 - Greatness of Kaṅkāla-bhairava < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 11 - Mahiṣāsura Slain: His Head Stuck to Gaurī’s Hand < [Section 3a - Arunācala-khaṇḍa (Pūrvārdha)]
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Symbology of khatvanga in the Mahavrata < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Chapter 4.1 - Bhikshatana-murti (the Lord becoming a beggar) < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Chapter 3.8 - Brahma-shirascheda-murti (cutting off Brahma’s head) < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Sculpture at its Best < [September-October, 1929]
Our National Bird: The Peacock its Myths and Legends < [October 1966]
Our National Bird: The Peacock its Myths and Legends < [October 1966]