Manikarnika, Maṇikarṇikā, Mani-karnika: 9 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Manikarnika in Sanskrit glossary

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

Maṇikarṇikā (मणिकर्णिका):—(von maṇikarṇī) f.

1) Nomen proprium eines heiligen Teiches in Benares [Oxforder Handschriften 69,b,25] [?(Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 490). 73,b,17. 75,b,24. 251,b,2. Daśakumāracarita 114,4.] mahiman oder stotra von Gaṅgādhara [Kāvya-Saṅgraha 471. fgg.] stotra [ŚAṂKARĀCĀRYA] zugeschrieben [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1341.] maṇikarṇikī [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 332.] —

2) Nomen proprium einer Tochter des Caṇḍaghoṣa [Daśakumāracarita 127, 11.]

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

Maṇikarṇikā (मणिकर्णिका):—f.

1) ein Ohrenschmuck aus Perlen oder Juwelen [Indische sprüche 7628.] (zugleich Bed. 2)a). —

2) Nomen proprium — a) eine heiligen Teiches in Benares. — b) einer Tochter des Caṇḍaghoṣa.

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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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