Kuhaka: 19 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKuhaka (कुहक):—[Die Uṇādi-Affixe 2, 38.]
1) adj. subst. Schelm, Gaukler, Betrüger [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 377.] dveṣyairapakṣairahitaiśca tasya (bhartuḥ) bhidyasva nityaṃ kuhakoddhataiśca [Mahābhārata 3, 14718.] sarvaṃ kṣaṇena tadabhūdasadīśariktaṃ bhasmaṃhutaṃ kuhakarāddhamivoptamūṣyām [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 15, 21.] keyaṃ kuhaka matsthānaṃ rathamāropitā [9, 23, 35. 3, 15, 32.] akuhaka nicht Charlatan [Suśruta 2, 290, 6.] —
2) m. eine Art Frosch [Suśruta 2, 290, 6.] —
3) m. Nomen proprium eines Schlangenkönigs: kādraveyāṇāṃ sarpāṇāṃ naikaśirasāṃ krodhavaśo nāma gaṇaḥ kuhakatakṣakakāliyasuṣeṇādipradhānā mahābhogavantaḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 24, 29.] dvijopasṛṣṭaḥ kuhakastakṣako vā daśatu (mām) [1, 19, 15.] [BURN.] : puissé-je être mordu par le faux serpent qu'envoie le Brahmane! Vgl. kuhara . —
4) n. Gaukelei, Betrügerei [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 926.] kuhakacakito lokaḥ satye pyapāpamadhīkṣate [Hitopadeśa IV, 101.] kuhakābhijña [Kathāsaritsāgara 19, 75.] tasyendriyaṃ vimathituṃ kuhakairna śekuḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 11, 37.] nirastakuhaka [1, 1.] kuhakajīvin von Gaukeleien, Taschenspielerkünsten lebend [Mahābhārata im Śabdakalpadruma] —
5) f. kuhakā (kuhanā?) dass.: indrajālaṃ ca māyā vai kuhakā vāpi bhīṣaṇā [Mahābhārata 5, 5461.] — Desselben Ursprungs wie 2. kuha .
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Kuhaka (कुहक):—
1) Betrüger [Spr. 3195] (Gegens. satya). Gaukler, Taschenspieler [KĀM. NĪTIS. 7, 46.] yathā dārumayī yoṣinnṛtyate kuhakecchayā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 54, 12.] a kein Charlatan [Suśruta 1, 30, 3.] —
4) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 10, 29.] vikṛtākāravāgveṣaceṣṭādeḥ kuhakādbhavet . hāsaḥ [Sāhityadarpana 228.] jīvaka adj. [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 16, 19.] jña m. Gaukler, Charlatan [86, 32.] —
5) kuhakā = kṛtyā [Nīlakaṇṭha]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKuhaka (कुहक):——
1) m. — a) Schelm , Gaukler , Betrüger , Taschenspieler. — b) Heuchler [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra] — c) eine Art Frosch. — d) Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons. —
2) f. ā und n. Gaukelei , Betrügerei.
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Starts with (+2): Kuhaka Jataka, Kuhaka Sutta, Kuhakabrahmana Vatthu, Kuhakabuddhi, Kuhakacakita, Kuhakachakita, Kuhakajivaka, Kuhakajivin, Kuhakajna, Kuhakakara, Kuhakakaraka, Kuhakakarika, Kuhakana, Kuhakarava, Kuhakasvana, Kuhakasvara, Kuhakatana, Kuhakatantra, Kuhakate, Kuhakavidye.
Ends with: Akuhaka, Dushkuhaka, Hasyakuhaka, Kaukuhaka.
Full-text (+30): Akuhaka, Kuhakakara, Kuhakacakita, Kuhakasvana, Kuhakavritti, Kuhakasvara, Kuhakajivin, Kuhakakarika, Kuhakakaraka, Indrajala, Kuhakajna, Kuhakajivaka, Kuhaga, Kuhakarava, Dushkuhaka, Vimhapaka, Kuhaya, Kuhakuharava, Akuha, Lapaka.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
First Verse of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa < [Appendices]
Chapter 24 - Rāhu’s Position and the Subterranean Regions < [Book 5 - Fifth Skandha]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 1.3.28 < [Part 3 - Devotional Service in Ecstasy (bhāva-bhakti)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The five bad ways of livelihood (mithyājīva) < [Abhidharma auxiliaries (E): Detailed study of the auxiliaries]
History of Indian Medicine (and Ayurveda) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 27 - Quacks (Kuvaidya or Kuhaka) < [Part 2-3 - Medical Institutions in Ancient India]
Chapter 25 - The Vaidya and Society < [Part 2-3 - Medical Institutions in Ancient India]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 37 - Glorification of Deva Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 28 - Destruction of Tripura < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 89: Kuhaka-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]