Khecara: 22 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKhecara (खेचर):—(khe + cara)
1) adj. subst. im Luftraum sich bewegend, fliegend; Luftgänger: vimāna [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 107, 25.] [Mahābhārata 3, 16583.] bhūtāni [12304.] [Sundopasundopākhyāna 2, 7.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 61, 44. 6, 87, 5.] [ŚUK. 39, 5.] pura [Arjunasamāgama 10, 9.] f. ī Luftgängerin; ein weibliches Wesen, welches die Fähigkeit zu fliegen besitzt, [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 105.] —
2) m. a) Vogel [Mahābhārata 3, 10582.] [Nalopākhyāna] [?(BOPP) 20, 1.] — b) ein Gandharva [Mahābhārata 3, 14887. 15024.] — c) ein Rakṣas [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 30, 37.] — d) ein Vidyādhara [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 64.] [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] — e) ein Beiname Śiva’s [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — f) Planet [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 260.] — g) Quecksilber [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) f. ī ein Beiname der Durgā [Mahābhārata 4, 186.] —
4) n. grüner Vitriol [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1056.]
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Khecara (खेचर):—
1) gaja [Kathāsaritsāgara 118, 54.] siddhi [Oxforder Handschriften 142,b,1.] siddhiḥ khecarī die Zauberkraft zu fliegen [99,a,12.] khecarīsiddhilolubhā [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 105] (also nicht Luftgängerin u.s.w.). carī gatiḥ [SARVADARŚANAS. 100, 14.] —
2) d) [Kathāsaritsāgara 52, 407. 65, 251.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 82, 8.] f. ī [Oxforder Handschriften 88,a,17.] — g) [Oxforder Handschriften 321,a, No. 761.] —
5) f. ī Bez. einer best. Fingerstellung oder Fingerverschlingung (mudrā) [Oxforder Handschriften 235,a,22. 236,b,20.] Anders [WILSON, Sel. Works I, 236] : some (von den Gūdara) also wear ear-rings, or a cylinder of wood passed through the lobe of the ear, which they term the Khechari Mudrā, the seal or symbol of the deity, of him who moves in the heavens.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKhecara (खेचर):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) im Luftraum sich bewegend , fliegend. gati f. Flug , die Fähigkeit zu fliegen. siddhi f. die Zauberkraft zu fliegen. —
2) m. — a) Vogel. — b) Engel als Bote der Götter [48,26.32.] — c) ein Gandharva. — d) ein Vidyādhara. — e) ein Rakṣas. — f) Planet. — g) Bez. der Zahl neun [Gaṇita 102.] — h) *Quecksilber. —
3) f. ā eine best. Mūrchanā [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 30.] —
4) f. ī — a) mit siddhi die Zauberkraft zu fliegen. — b) Beiname der Durgā. — c) eine Vidyādharī. — d) eine best. wunderthätige Fingerstellung oder Fingerverschlingung. — e) ein best. im Ohr getragenes Sectenzeichen. —
5) (*n.) grüner Vitriol [Aufrecht 321,a , No.761.]
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Starts with: Khecarabhushana, Khecaracakri, Khecaracandrika, Khecarahi, Khecaraka, Khecarakaumudi, Khecarakrama, Khecaramamdala, Khecaranayaka, Khecaranjana, Khecaranna, Khecarapada, Khecarapaddhati, Khecararaja, Khecarasiddhi, Khecarata, Khecaratva, Khecaravaravadhu, Khecaravva, Khecarottama.
Ends with: Harakhecara, Paridhipatikhecara, Patikhecara.
Full-text (+43): Khecaratva, Dyuga, Khecari, Khecarata, Khacara, Khecaranjana, Khecaranna, Uparasa, Khagayuvati, Asitanga, Khagapati, Patikhecara, Paridhipatikhecara, Kusumamala, Khecarottama, Aranyakukkuta, Tittira, Cataka, Aranyacataka, Cakora.
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