Kasaka, Kashaka: 8 definitions
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Kasaka has 6 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Kasak.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKāśaka (काशक):—m.
1) = 1. kāśa [2.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) = kāśa [?3. Harivaṃśa 1733 (LANGL.] kāśika); vgl. kāśi und kāśya .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKāśaka (काशक):—m. = kāśa 2)3).
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Kāsaka (कासक):—m. Pl. Nomen proprium einer Dynastie [VP.².,4,184.]
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 (+1): Kacakaca, Kacakam, Kacakanni, Kacakarikam, Kacakarnam, Kacakarni, Kacakarppam, Kasakaddi, Kasakalanala, Kasakana, Kasakanda, Kasakannu, Kasakara, Kasakasa, Kasakasaca, Kasakasanem, Kasakasaya, Kasakase, Kasakasi, Kasakathi gida.
Ends with (+22): Abhravakashaka, Akasaka, Amakasaka, Anatiprakashaka, Apakashaka, Aprakashaka, Arthaprakashaka, Atmaprakashaka, Atmatattvaprakashaka, Avakashaka, Bhavaprakashaka, Brahmakarmaprakashaka, Chitprakashaka, Citprakashaka, Ekashaka, Ghataprakashaka, Haritakashaka, Hasthikasaka, Hastikasaka, Hustikasaka.
Full-text: Akasaka, Prakashakajnatri, Prakashaka, Vikashaka, Prakashakatva, Kashika, Prakashakaprajnatri, Kasak, Prakashika, Kassaka.
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Hiranyakesi-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)