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Kavaca means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Kavaca has 22 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Kavacha.

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

Kavaca (कवच):—[Die Uṇādi-Affixe 4, 2] (kavaca). m. n. gaṇa ardharcādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 31.]

1) Panzer [Yāska’s Nirukta 5, 25.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 32.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 766.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 138.] [Medinīkoṣa c. 13.] [ŚAT.] [BR. 13, 2, 2, 7.] [Kātyāyana] [ŚR. 13, 3, 10.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2780.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 30, 18. 5, 82, 17.] [Bhartṛhari 2, 18.] [BHĀG.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 9, 34.] neutr. [Mahābhārata 2, 1853. 3, 12166.] [Arjunasamāgama 5, 14.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 31, 30. 40, 16. 3, 31, 23. 6, 16, 31. 72, 29.] masc. [3, 28, 26.] babandha kavacaṃ dṛḍham [30, 17.] ābadhya kavacam [50, 3.] āmuktakavaca [Mahābhārata 1, 2783. 3, 17075.] vidhvastakavacā (camū) [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 114, 6.] sakavaca [Mahābhārata 1, 2773.] prāṇāṃścaritrakavacāndhārayanti varastriyaḥ [Nalopākhyāna 18, 9.] rathaḥ kāṃsyakavacaḥ [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 22, 10, 31.] kuñjarāṃkavacāvṛtān [Mahābhārata 2, 1877.] Vgl. akavaca und nivātakavaca . —

2) Knabenjacke: katīha kavacaṃ vahamānāḥ wie viele tragen hier die Knabenjacke? d. h. wie viele Knaben sind hier? [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 129]; vgl. kavacahara . —

3) Zauberspruch, Amulet, ein mit Zaubersprüchen beschriebenes Birkenblatt [TANTRA im Śabdakalpadruma] Diese Bed. hat wohl das Wort in den Titeln: durgākavaca, sūrya, śiva, paramahaṃsa, bhavānī, kārtavīryārjuna, sadāśiva [Böhtlingk’s Verzeichniss No. 30. 31. 37. 45. 47. 72.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 365. 481. fg.] [1260.] —

4) Trommel, m. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —

5) Name eines Baumes, Hibiscus populneoides Roxb., m. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]

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Kavaca (कवच):—

1) uneig. von der Rinde eines Baumes: bhūrjaḥ paropakṛtaye nijakavacakartanaṃ sahate [Spr. 2063. Z. 7] lies prāṇāṃścāritra . —

2) Mieder [Kāṭhaka-Recension 34, 5.] —

3) [Oxforder Handschriften.4,a, No. 28. 22,b,15. 26,a,30. 90,a,4. 94,a,28. fgg.] [PAÑCAR.1,9,9.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 303. 308.] — Vgl. nārī .

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Kavaca (कवच):—

3) genauer ein best. Theil eines Zauberspruchs, der Panzer des als Fürsten gedachten Z.; vgl. [NṚS. TĀP. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 91.]

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

Kavaca (कवच):——

1) m. n. Panzer. —

2) Mieder , Jacke. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā [Kāṭhaka (weber) 34,5.] —

3) Baumrinde. —

4) n. ein best. Theil eines Zauberspruchs , der Panzer des als Fürsten gedachten Z. —

5) *m. Trommel. —

6) m. Oldenlandia herbacea [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,203,3,98.] —

7) *m. Hibiscus populneoides.

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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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Arms and Armours < [Chapter 2 - Military System as Revealed in the Vedic Texts]

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Chapter 4 - On the hymn, worship and Kavaca of Sarasvatī Devī < [Book 9]

Chapter 3 - On the description of the Kavaca of Śrī Gāyatrī Devī < [Book 12]

Chapter 23 - On the killing of Śaṅkhacūḍa < [Book 9]

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