Makara, Makāra, Mākara, Mākāra: 46 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMakara (मकर):—(auch makara nach [Śāntanācārya’s Phiṭsūtrāṇi 3, 8])
1) m. a) ein best. Meerthier (das auch an’s Land kommen soll), viell. Delphin [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 20.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 2, 22. 3, 3, 367.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1351.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 200.] [Hārāvalī 187.] [Halāyudha 3, 38.] nā.ro makaraḥ kulī.ayaḥ [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 24, 35.] makarāścātra dṛśyante jale magnā ivādrayaḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 12082.] viśīryantīṃ nāvamivārṇavānte ratnābhipūrṇāṃ makarasya pṛṣṭhe [15713.] jhaṣāṇāṃ makaraścāsmi (sagt Kṛṣṇa) [Bhagavadgītā 10, 31.] vaḍiśāmiṣamādāya vadhārthaṃ makaro yathā [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 57, 7.] [Suśruta 1, 206, 17.] [VĀGBH. 1, 6, 54.] prasahya maṇimuddharenmakaravaktadaṃṣṭrāṅkurāt [Spr. 1876.] jaghāna makaro velātaṭe piṅgalam [?3253. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 10, 22. Burnouf 376, Nalopākhyāna 1. Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 383, 9. 432, 4. Pañcatantra 51, 9. 205, 7. 206, 1. 2.] das Attribut des Liebesgottes (vgl. makaraketana u.s.w.) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 229.] [Mahābhārata 3, 693.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 14, 269.] des 9ten Arhant's der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 47.] als Zierath auf Thoren [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 9, 54.] an Ohrgehängen (vgl. e): maṇimayamakaramanoharakuṇḍala [Gītagovinda 2, 7.] Vgl. kari [Halāyudha 3, 38.] — b) ein best. Insect oder ein anderes kleines Thier [Suśruta 2, 288, 2.] — c) der Steinbock im Thierkreise (oder überh. der 10te Bogen von 50º in einem Kreise) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.3,3,367.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 116,] [Scholiast] [Medinīkoṣa] [Sūryasiddhānta.1,58.2,40. 49. 14,9.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.3,4. 40,7.] [Weber’s Indische Studien.2,278. 280. 282.] [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 102.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.5,21,3.] [Oxforder Handschriften 294,b,29.] mṛgānano syānmakaraḥ [ŚRĪPATI] in [ Kunde des Morgenlandes 3, 389.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 415.] [WILSON, Sel. Works II, 159.] makarasaṃkrāntidānaprayoga [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1257.] — d) eine Truppenaufstellung in Form eines Makara [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 187.] arakṣanmakaraṃ vyūham (makaravyūham ed. Bomb.) [Mahābhārata 6, 3059.] vyūhaṃ vyūha mahābāho makaram [3280. 8, 413.] makaro (mākaro die neuere Ausg.) racito vyūhaḥ [Harivaṃśa 8057.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 18, 48. 19, 48. fg.] — e) ein Ohrring in Form eines Makara (vgl. makarakuṇḍala): animiṣonmakarau ca karṇau [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 2, 13.] — f) die Hände in Form eines Makara zusammengelegt [Oxforder Handschriften 86,a,34. 202,a,15.] — g) einer der neun Schätze des Kuvera [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.1,1,79.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 193.] [Medinīkoṣa] [Oxforder Handschriften 184,a,5 v. u.] einer der acht Schätze, die zur Zauberkunst Padminī in Beziehung stehen, [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 68, 5. 16.] — h) Bez. eines über Waffen gesprochenen Zauberspruchs [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 31, 7.] — i) Nomen proprium eines Berges [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 16, 28.] —
2) f. ī a) das Weibchen des Seeungeheuers Makara [Pañcatantra 206, 14.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Mahābhārata 6, 331] [?(Viṣṇupurāṇa 183).] — Vgl. mākara .
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Makāra (मकार):—(ma + 1. kāra) m.
1) der Buchstab ma [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 11,5. 14,3.] [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda.1,67.2,25. 31.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch.2,76.] [Oxforder Handschriften 97,a,37. 104,b,36. 226,b,6.] [Weber’s Indische Studien.8,22,] [Nalopākhyāna] madyaṃ māṃsaṃ ca matsyaṃ (sic) ca mudrā maithunameva ca . makārapañcakaṃ caiva mahāpātakanāśanam .. [ŚYĀMĀR.] bei [WILSON, Sel. Works I, 256]; vgl. pañcatattva 2. und pañcamakāra . —
2) Molossus: vipulā ein best. Metrum [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 344, 3.]
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Mākara (माकर):—
1) adj. f. ī zum Meerthier Makara in Beziehung stehend: vyūha eine best. Art der Truppenaufstellung [Harivaṃśa 8057] (makara die ältere Ausg.). āsana eine best. Art zu sitzen [Oxforder Handschriften 11,a, Nalopākhyāna 1.] ākara Fundgrube von Makara so v. a. das Meer [NALOD. 3, 45.] mākarī saptamī = makarasaptamī Bez. des 7ten Tages in der lichten Hälfte des Māgha [Tithyāditattva im Śabdakalpadruma] [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 195. fg.] —
2) m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 18.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMakara (मकर):——
1) m. — a) ein best. Seeungeheuer (das auch) an’s Land kommen soll) , vielleicht Delphin. Ist das Attribut des Liebesgottes und eines Arhant der Jaina , und erscheint auch als Zierat auf Thoren und als Kopfschmuck ([Kād. (1872) 14,17,113,9,131,17.]) — b) ein best. Insect oder ein anderes kleines Thier. — c) der Steinbock im Thierkreise. — d) der zehnte Bogen von 30° in einem Kreise. — e) eine Truppenaufstellung in Form eines Makara 1)a). — f) die Hände in Form eines Makara 1)a) zusammengelegt. — g) einer der acht Schätze , die zur Zauberkunst Padminī in Beziehung stehen. — h) einer der neun Schätze Kubera's. — i) ein best. Waffen gesprochener Zauberspruch. — k) Nomen proprium eines. Berges. —
2) f. makarī — a) das Weibchen von 1)a) [Naiṣadhacarita 6,69.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Flusses.
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Makāra (मकार):—m. —
1) der Laut ma. pañcaka n. = madya. māṃsa matsya mudrā und maithuna. —
2) Molossus.
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Mākara (माकर):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) zum Meerthier Makara in Beziehung stehend. vyuha m. eine best. Art der Truppenaufstellung ; ākara m. Fundgrube von [Mānavadharmaśāstra. ,] so v.a. das Meer ; sapramī f. = makarasaptamī der 7te Tag in der lichten Hälfte des Māgha. —
2) m. Pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes.
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