Kridanaka, Krīḍanaka: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKrīḍanaka (क्रीडनक):—(von krīḍana)
1) adj. spielend, tändelnd: krīḍanikā dhātrī [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 219.] —
2) subst. Spielzeug [Mahābhārata 3, 514. 14367.] [Śākuntala 105, 10.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 5, 24. 2, 3, 15.] bāla [Mahābhārata 3, 1153.] [Suśruta 1, 54, 15.] An keiner der eben aufgeführten Stellen ist das Geschlecht des Wortes zu erkennen. Wir würden dasselbe ohne Bedenken für ein neutr. (vgl. kumārīkrīḍanaka) erklären, wenn es nicht [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 2, 30] als entschiedenes masc. (krīḍanakān) aufträte. Davon nom. abstr. krīḍanakatā f., im instr. katayā nach Art eines Spielzeuges [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 26, 32.]
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Krīḍanaka (क्रीडनक):—
2) m. [Mahābhārata 12, 6606.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 71, 86.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 68, 45. 82,20.] — Vgl. māṇava .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKrīḍanaka (क्रीडनक):——
1) *Adj. (f. nikā) spielend , tändelnd. —
2) m. Spielzeug. Nom.abstr. tā f. Instr. nach Art eines Spielzeuges.
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Starts with: Kridanakala, Kridanakata, Kridanakataya.
Ends with: Balakridanaka, Devakridanaka, Kumarikridanaka, Manavakakridanaka, Pamshukridanaka, Pankakridanaka, Sahapamshukridanaka.
Full-text: Kridanakata, Kumarikridanaka, Pankakridanaka, Manavakakrida, Kridaniyaka, Kridaniya, Balakridanaka, Kridanakataya, Kilavanaya, Pankakrida, Manavakakridanaka, Kridanika, Kilanaa, Kridapanaka, Pamsukridana, Manavaka.
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