Kantakara, Kaṇṭakārā, Kaṇṭakāra: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKaṇṭakāra (कण्टकार):—
1) m. Name einer Pflanze gaṇa rajatādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 154.] —
2) f. rī a) Solanum Jacquini Willd. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] [Suśruta 1, 133, 5. 2, 68, 6. 119, 10. 152, 7.] — b) Bombax heptaphyllum (śālmalī) [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) Flacourtia sapida Roxb. (vikaṅkata) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Kāṇṭakāra (काण्टकार):—adj. aus dem Holze des Kaṇṭakāra gemacht gaṇa rajatādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 154.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKaṇṭakāra (कण्टकार):——
1) *m. eine best. Pflanze. —
2) f. ī — a) Solanum Jacquini. — b) *Bombax hephtaphyllum. — c) *Flacourtia sopida.
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Starts with: Kantakaracayanam, Kantakaraka, Kantakaram.
Full-text: Mantrashodhana, Kantakari.
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