Kantakita, Kaṇṭakita, Kamtakita: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKaṇṭakita (कण्टकित):—(von kaṇṭaka) adj. gaṇa tārakādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 36.]
1) dornig: vana [Mahābhārata 3, 1529.] [Duaupadīpramātha 1, 14.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 27, 7.] — b) worauf die Haare emporstehen (s. kaṇṭaka 1, d): kaṇṭakitena prathayati mayyanurāgaṃ kapolena [Śākuntala 63.] prītikaṇṭakitatvac adj. [Kumārasaṃbhava 6, 15.] kaṇṭakitaprakoṣṭha [Raghuvaṃśa 7, 19.] kaṇṭakitaṃ vapuḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 2.]
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Kaṇṭakita (कण्टकित):—
1) mahāṭavī [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 239.] bhū [98, 43.] vanarājayaḥ (zugleich Bed. [2.) 111, 5.] —
2) (so st. b) zu lesen) aṅgāni [Kathāsaritsāgara 103, 63.] aṅgeṣu prītikaṇṭakiteṣviva [107, 48.] āsītkaṇṭakitā kiṃciccintayantīva niścalā [122, 48.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKaṇṭakita (कण्टकित):—adj. —
1) dornig [134,17.] —
2) mit emporgerichteten Härchen [Kād. (1872) 74,14.]
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Ends with: Nishkamtakita, Samutkantakita, Utkantakita.
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