Ksharaka, Kṣāraka: 11 definitions

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Ksharaka has 9 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Kṣāraka can be transliterated into English as Ksaraka or Ksharaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Kṣaraka (क्षरक):—(wie eben) adj. f. kṣarikā ausströmend: kauśāmbhaḥkṣarike devi [Devīmāhātmya 11, 12.]

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Kṣāraka (क्षारक):—m.

1) (von kṣāra) Kali: tanmālatīkṣārakasaindhavāyutaṃ sadāñjanaṃ syāttimire tha rāgiṇi [Suśruta 2, 341, 15.] Vgl. mālatītīraja . —

2) = jāla, jālaka [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 1, 16. 3, 4, 26, 202.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1125.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 65.] Nach [Śabdakalpadruma] = acirajātaphala eine vor Kurzem angesetzte Frucht; nach [COLEBR.] Auge, Knospe; nach dem Sch. zu H. eine Menge junger Knospen. kṣarakajāta (sic) n. Knospe [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 143.] —

3) ein Korb für Fische, Vögel [Medinīkoṣa] —

4) Wäscher [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Kṣāraka (क्षारक):—

2) Netz zum Fangen von Vögeln (jāla) [Mahābhārata 12, 5473. 5560.]

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

Kṣaraka (क्षरक):—Adj. (f. rikā) ausströmend.

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Kṣāraka (क्षारक):——

1) m. — a) Kali. — b) Netz zum Fangen von Vögeln. — c) *ein Korb für Fische oder Vögel. — d) eine Menge junger Knospen. jāta Adj. in Knospen stehend [Lalitavistarapurāṇa 87,2.] — e) *Wascher.

2) *f. rikā Hunger.

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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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