Karttikeya, Kārtikeya, Kārttikeya, Kartikeya: 27 definitions

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

Kārttikeya (कार्त्तिकेय):—(von kṛttikā) m. ein Beiname Skanda's, des Feldherrn der Götter, welcher von Agni und der Gaṅgā erzeugt, von den sechs Kṛttikā ernährt wurde, [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 34.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2588. 3, 14241. fgg.] [13, 4098. 4179. fg.] [Harivaṃśa 158. 9823.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 37, 20. 38, 25. 4, 7, 21. 44, 72.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 47, 20.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 120.] kārttikeyaṣaṣṭhī [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 468.] Nach einer anderen Legende ist Skanda ein Sohn der Durgā, woher diese nach [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] den Beiname kārttikeyaprasū führt; vgl. [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 29] und [TROYER] zu d. St. Nach [WEBER] ([Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 269]) hat Kārttikeya seinen Namen vom Monat Kārttika, weil dieser zu Kriegszügen vorzüglich geeignet ist.

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Kārttikeya (कार्त्तिकेय):—, vrata [Oxforder Handschriften 31,b,6.] Verfasser eines Prātiśākhya zur Taittirīyasaṃhitā [Weber’s Indische Studien 4, 332.]

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

Kārttikeya (कार्त्तिकेय):—m.

1) Metron. Skanda's. —

2) Nomen proprium eines Autors.

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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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