Lanka, Laṅkā, Laṅka, Lamka, Lànkà: 31 definitions

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Lanka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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

Laṅka (लङ्क):—

1) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes gaṇa naḍādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 99.] śāntamukhāḥ die Nachkommen Laṅka’s und Śāntamukha’s gaṇa tikakitavādi zu [2, 4, 68.] —

2) laṅkā f. [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 3, 40.] gaṇa vākinādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 158.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 1, 7.] a) Name der Hauptstadt von Ceylon und Bez. der ganzen Insel, die das Epos von Rākṣasa unter ihrem Fürsten Rāvaṇa bewohnt sein lässt, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 40.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 16.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 32.] [VIŚVA] bei [UJJVAL.] [Mahābhārata 3, 15874. 16252. 16323. fgg.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 71. 3, 53, 35. 6, 15, 22. 95, 12.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 200, Nalopākhyāna 3.] [Hiouen-Thsang II, 144.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 11.] [GOLĀDHY.] [BHUVANAK. 17. 26] (deśa). [Raghuvaṃśa 12,61. 63. 66.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 51,62.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī.1,298.3,75.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 299.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.5,19,30.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 58,20.] [Oxforder Handschriften 13,a,49. 29,b,18] (kāṇḍa). [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 4, 5 Anm.] purī [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 93, (56).] [Burnouf 514.] nagarī [GAṆITĀDHY.] [KĀLAMĀNĀDH. 15.] laṅkodaya Sonnenaufgang in Laṅkā [Sūryasiddhānta 13, 14.] [GOLĀDHY.] [MADHYAGATIV. 20.] [KERN] in der Vorrede zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53.] nātha [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 943.] [Raghuvaṃśa 15, 103.] pati [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 706,] [Scholiast] laṅkādhipa [Oxforder Handschriften 339,b,25.] laṅkādhipati [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 57, 34.] [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 62.] laṅkādhirāja [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 73.] laṅkendra [4, 502.] laṅkeśa [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 5.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 699. 706.] [Harivaṃśa 1876.] [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 84.] laṅkeśvara [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 36, 76.] [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 40. 13, 78.] [Spr. 1185. 2630.] laṅkāri der Feind von L. d. i. Rāma [3523.] dāhin der Verbrenner von L. d. i. Hanumant [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) = rāvaṇahrada [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 34.] — c) eine Śākinī [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [VIŚVA.] — — d) ein liederliches Weib diess. — e) Zweig diess. und [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] — f) eine best. Körnerfrucht (= karālatripuṭā u.s.w.) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] = laṅkopikā [RATNĀK.] in [NIGH. PR.]

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

Laṅka (लङ्क):——

1) *m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes. śāntamukhāḥ die Nachkommen Laṅka’s und Śāntamukha's. —

2) f. ā — a) Nomen proprium — α) der Hauptstadt von Ceylon und Bez. der ganzen Insel , die das Epos von Rākṣasa unter ihren Führer Rāvaṇa hewohnt sein lässt. — β) eines Sees. — γ) einer Yoginī [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 2,a.94,18.] — b) *eine Śākini oderNomen proprium einer Śākini. — c) *ein liederliches Weib. — d) *Zweig. — e) *eine Erbsenart [Rājan 16,60.]

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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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