Karnikara, Karṇikārā, Karṇikāra: 21 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Karnikara in Sanskrit glossary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Karṇikāra (कर्णिकार):—(von karṇikā) m. Name eines Baumes, Pterospermum acerifolium Willd., [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 41.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1145.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 244.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 255.] Nach [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] und [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] auch Cassia Fistula Lin. — [Mahābhārata 3, 935. 11573. 4, 1523.] [Sundopasundopākhyāna 4, 10.] [Nalopākhyāna] [?(BOPP) 12, 40. Rāmāyaṇa 2, 92, 22. 3, 21, 15. 76, 3. 5, 74, 4. 6, 15, 4. Suśruta 1, 333, 14. Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 28. Ṛtusaṃhāra 6, 20. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 7, 20. Rgva tch’er rol pa 315. Burnouf 177.] Das n. bezeichnet die Blume [Ṛtusaṃhāra 6, 6.] Nach [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] soll karṇikāra m. auch Samenkapsel des Lotus (s. karṇikā d.) bedeuten. — karṇikārapriya m. ein Beiname Śiva’s [Śivanāmasahasra]

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Karṇikāra (कर्णिकार):—

1) Name eines Baumes, dessen Blüthen keinen Geruch haben, [Spr. 284] [?(vgl. S. 312). Kathāsaritsāgara 54, 55.] karṇikāreṇa ketunā [Mahābhārata 6, 1815.] Vgl. mahā . —

2) adj.: cūḍālāḥ karṇikārāśca(?) prahṛṣṭāḥ piṭharodarāḥ [Mahābhārata 10, 288.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Karṇikāra (कर्णिकार):——

1) m. — a) Pterospermum acerifolium. — b) *Cathartocarpus Fistula. ; Vgl. mahā. —

2) n. — a) die Blüthe von Pterospermum acerifolium — b) Samenkapsel der Lotusblume [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,323,5.] [Rājataraṃgiṇī 8,3309.] —

3) Adj.? [Mahābhārata 10,7,38.]

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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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