Kankamukha, Kaṅkamukha, Kanka-mukha, Kamkamukha: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKaṅkamukha (कङ्कमुख):—(kaṅka + mukha)
1) adj. Reiherschnabelförmig: yantra [Suśruta 1, 24, 7. 26, 5.] vāṇāṃkākakaṅkamukhān [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 79, 69.] —
2) m. Zange, Pincette [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 909.] nirvartate sādhvavagāhane ca śalyaṃ pragṛhyoddharate ca yasmāt . yantreṣvataḥ kaṅkamukhaṃ pradhānaṃ sthāneṣu sarveṣvavikāri caiva .. [Suśruta im Śabdakalpadruma] Angeführt als Beleg für das n., während das Wort auch als adj. mit Ergänzung von yantra gefasst werden kann.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKaṅkamukha (कङ्कमुख):—Adj. reiherschnabelförmig (ein chirurgisches Instrument) [Suśruta (rotrh) 1,26,8.]
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Partial matches: Mukha, Kanka.
Full-text: Kankavadana, Tong, Plucking, Splinter, Thorn, Extraction, Colouring, Mukhaja, Agraja, Parshvakrita, Vikarin, Pressing, Showing, Sandamsha.
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