Kimkara, Kiṃkara, Kiṅkara, Kiṅkarā, Kinkara, Kinkara, Kim-kara: 25 definitions

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

Kiṃkara (किंकर):—(kim + 1. kara) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 21.] m.

1) Diener, Sclave [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 17.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 360.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 18, 13. 29, 24. 2, 23, 41. 4, 40, 4. 6, 83, 13.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 35.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 208.] yama [Pañcatantra 104, 15. 247, 8.] yamaḥ sakiṃkaraḥ [Sāvitryupākhyāna 6, 38.] smarakiṃkara [Amaruśataka 100.] f. ī [Mahābhārata 4, 634.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 6, 6.] Nach einem Vārtt. und nach [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.3,2,21] ist kiṃkarā Dienerin, kiṃkarī die Frau eines Dieners. kiṃkaratva n. das Verhältniss eines Dieners, eines Sclaven [Pañcatantra IV, 8.] —

2) wohl ein best. Theil des Wagens [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 8, 22.] —

3) eine Art Rākṣasa [Mahābhārata 1, 6716. 2, 86. 1710.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 3, 30. 5, 38, 22. 42. 51. 56, 118.] kiṃkarāṇāṃ tataḥ paścāccakāra balimuttamam . yakṣendrāya kuverāya maṇibhadrāya caiva hi .. [Mahābhārata 14, 1918.] —

4) Nomen proprium eines Volkes [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 44, 13.] — Vgl. kaiṃkarāyaṇa .

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Kiṃkara (किंकर):—

1) f. ī Dienerin [Kathāsaritsāgara 105, 77.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 16, 53.] kiṃkarapāṇi mit den Händen den Diener machend, dienstbereite Hände habend, selbst Hand anzulegen bereit [Mahābhārata 3, 303.] Die den Diener kennzeichnende Frage kiṃ karavāṇi was soll ich thun? war die Veranlassung seines Namens. —

3) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge Śiva’s [Kathāsaritsāgara 118, 5.]

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

Kiṃkara (किंकर):——

1) m. — a) Diener , Sclave. Nom.abstr. tva n. — b) wohl ein best. Theil des Wagens. — c) ein Art Rākṣasa. — d) Nomen proprium — α) Pl. eines Volkes. — β) eines Wesens im Gefolge Śiva's. —

2) *f. ā Dienerin.

3) f. ī — a) Dienerin , Sclavin. — b) *die Frau eines Dieners.

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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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