Karkata, Karkaṭa: 21 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKarkaṭa (कर्कट):—
1) m. a) Krebs, Krabbe [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 94.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1352.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 156.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 35.] [Suśruta 2, 42, 9.] [Pañcatantra IV, 10. V, 89. 247, 9.] karkaṭāsthi Krebsschale [Suśruta 2, 389, 17.] karkaṭaśṛṅge die Scheeren des Krebses [Mitākṣarā 145, ult.] — der Krebs im Thierkreise [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 19, 2.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 259. 280.] [Colebrooke II, 391.] — b) ein best. Vogel [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Reiher [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1334.] Lanius exculbitor (vulg. karakaṭiyā) [Śabdakalpadruma] Vgl. karaṭu, kareṭu, karkarāṭuka, karkareṭu . — c) Name einer Pflanze, = karka, kṣudradhātrī, kṣudrāmalakasaṃjña, karkaphala [Śabdakalpadruma] eine Pflanze mit giftigen Knollen (vgl. karkaṭaka) [Suśruta 2, 253, 12.] = tumbī [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] Lotusknolle id. Nach der [Medinīkoṣa] = karkaṭī. karkaṭarasa [Suśruta 2, 322, 19.] — d) das in Gestalt einer Krebsscheere ausgehende Ende des Wagebalkens, woran die Stricke der Schalen befestigt werden: karkaṭau tulāntayoḥ śikyādhārau kiyadvakrāvāyasakīlakau karkaṭaśṛṅgasaṃnibhau [Mitākṣarā 145, ult.] Vgl. karkaṭī d. — e) eine Art coitus [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] — f) compass; meaning the radius [Algebra 90.] —
2) f. karkaṭā Momordica mixta Roxb. [Śabdacandrikā] bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] —
3) f. karkaṭī a) ein weiblicher Krebs [Weber’s Verzeichniss 192, 7.] yathā ca karkaṭī garbhamādhatte mṛtyumātmanaḥ [Mahābhārata 4, 272.] Vgl. karkaṭakī und [STENZLER] in [ Kunde des Morgenlandes IV, 398.] Viell. beruht die Bedeutung Schlange ( [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]) auf Missverständniss einer ähnlichen Stelle. — b) Cucumis utilissimus Roxb. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 21.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 4, 36.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1189.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha][?; Manu’s Gesetzbuch nach Medinīkoṣa] = sphuṭi [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 105.] Nach [Śabdakalpadruma] auch = karkaṭaśṛṅgī, devadālī und ghoṭikā . — c) die Frucht von Bombax heptaphyllum [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha][?; Manu’s Gesetzbuch nach Medinīkoṣa] — d) = karkaṭa d: punaḥ kubjāpi kāṇāpi dānādupari (yāti) karkaṭī [Pañcatantra II, 74] (im vorang. Halbverse ist dhaṭa für ghaṭa zu lesen). — e) ein kleiner Wasserkrug (vgl. karka c. und karkarī [2.]) [Scholiast] zu [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 10.] — Vgl. karkara und karkaśa .
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Karkaṭa (कर्कट):—[UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 4, 81.] —
1) a) der Krebs im Thierkreise [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 38.] [BṚH. 1, 11. 22, 2. 23, 7.] — g) Bez. einer best. Stellung der Hände [Oxforder Handschriften 86,a,33. 202,b,33. 202,26.] —
3) a) vgl. kulīrād . — b) karkaṭīphala = urvāru [Scholiast] zu [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 9, 2, 19.] — c) lies heptaphyllum. — d) zu streichen und die Stelle unter e) zu stellen; vgl. [Spr. 5273.] — f) Nomen proprium einer Rākṣasī: rākṣasīśunyupākhyāna [Oxforder Handschriften 354,a,22.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKarkaṭa (कर्कट):——
1) m. — a) Krebs , Krabbe. — b) der Krebs im Thierkreise. — c) *ein best. Vogel. — d) Name verschiedener Pflanzen. — e) *Lotusknolle. — f) das in Gestalt einer Krebsscheere ausgehende Ende des Wagebalkens , an welches die Stricke der Schalen befestigt werden. — g) ein zum Ziehen eines best. Kreises gestellter Zirkel [Bhāskara’s Golādhyāya (Kern) 5,10.] [Colebrooke 90.] — h) eine best. Stellung der Hände. — i) eine Art von Fieber [Bhāvaprakāśa 3,71.] — k) *quidam coeundi modus. —
2) *f. ā Momordica mixta. —
3) f. ī — a) Krebsweibchen. — b) Cucumis utilissimus und eine Kürbisart. — c) *die Frucht von Bambax heptaphyllum. — d) Trinkkrug [Indische sprüche 7140.] — e) Nomen proprium einer Rākṣasī.
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Starts with (+12): Karkatahasta, Karkatahva, Karkataikol, Karkataka, Karkataka singi, Karkatakacinki, Karkatakakaram, Karkatakam, Karkatakarajju, Karkatakasamkramtivritta, Karkatakashrimgi, Karkatakasthi, Karkatakhya, Karkataksh, Karkataksha, Karkatam, Karkatanga, Karkatapippali, Karkatapura, Karkatarashi.
Ends with: Madhukarkata.
Full-text (+69): Kakkada, Karkatakhya, Karkatashringi, Karkati, Karkatashringika, Karkatesha, Kshudradhatri, Kshudramalakasamjna, Karka, Karkataka, Karkatika, Karkatapura, Karkatashringa, Karkatahva, Ghatakarkatatala, Carivac, Karakada, Karkatanga, Karkatavalli, Karatu.
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