Kantakarika, Kaṇṭakārīkā, Kaṇṭakārikā: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKaṇṭakārikā (कण्टकारिका):—(von kaṇṭakārī) f. Solanum Jacquini Willd. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 3.12. 3, 4, 25, 179.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1157.] [Suśruta 1, 140, 5. 221, 4. 376, 6. 2, 36, 18. 52, 20. 116, 18. 461, 5.] Auch die Frucht der Pflanze gaṇa harītakyādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 167.]
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Kaṇṭakārikā (कण्टकारिका):—[Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 54, 57.]
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: Karika, Kanta.
Ends with: Kshudrakantakarika, Sitakantakarika, Vallikantakarika.
Full-text: Krodaparni, Surasashta, Anakranta, Vallikantakarika, Dhavanika, Agnidamani, Kantakari, Kuru.
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