Karkataka, Karkaṭaka: 14 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKarkaṭaka (कर्कटक):—(von karkaṭa)
1) m. a) Krebs, Krabbe [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 21.] [Suśruta 1,205, 21.] [Pañcatantra I, 237. 265, 2. 3.] karkaṭakāsthi Krebsschale [Suśruta 2, 233, 10.] — der Krebs im Thierkreise [ Kunde des Morgenlandes IV, 327.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 3] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 239.] — b) Name einer Pflanze, vielleicht Momordica mixta Roxb., [Suśruta 2, 527, 4.] — Name eines Zuckerrohrs Citat zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 28] in der Ausg. von Pūna. — c) Haken in Form einer Krebsscheere(?): karkaṭakarajju ein Strickt mit einem solchen Haken [Daśakumāracarita 71, 2.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Nāga [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 78, 9.] Vgl. karkoṭaka . —
2) f. karkaṭakī ein weiblicher Krebs: tathaiva māṃ taiḥ parirakṣyamāṇāmādāsyase karkaṭakīva garbham [Duaupadīpramātha 5, 9.] Vgl. karkaṭī a. —
3) n. eine best. giftige Knolle [Suśruta 2, 252, 7.] — b) eine best. Form von Knochenbruch [Suśruta 1, 301, 5.]
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Karkaṭaka (कर्कटक):—
1) e) Bez. einer best. Stellung der Hände [Oxforder Handschriften 202,a,18.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKarkaṭaka (कर्कटक):——
1) m. — a) Krebs , Krabbe — b) der Krebs im Thierkreise. — c) Zange. — d) = karkaṭa
1) g) [Gaṇita 27fgg.] Comm. — e) eine best. Pflanze. — f) eine best. Stellung der Hände. — g) Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons. —
2) f. ṭīkā — a) eine best. Pflanze. — b) *Kern. —
3) f. ī Krebsweibchen. —
4) n. — a) eine best. giftige Knolle. — b) eine best. Form von Knochenbruch.
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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Starts with: Karkataka singi, Karkatakacinki, Karkatakakaram, Karkatakam, Karkatakarajju, Karkatakasamkramtivritta, Karkatakashrimgi, Karkatakasthi.
Ends with: Krishnakarkataka, Shalakarkataka.
Full-text (+12): Karkatakasthi, Karkatakarajju, Karkataka singi, Karkata, Karkavritta, Shalasharkataka, Krishnakarkataka, Torana, Katakacankiranti, Karkkatakacankiranti, Shalamarkataka, Karkkatakam, Karkatakashrimgi, Shalakarkataka, Karkati, Karkatika, Trinapancamula, Kakkaru, Karkatakam, Esadu.
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