Menaka, Menakā, Menake: 19 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMenakā (मेनका):—(von menā) f. [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 120.] Nomen proprium der Tochter des Vṛṣaṇaśva [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 1, 1.] einer Apsaras [Halāyudha 1, 88.] [VYĀḌI] beim Schol. zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 183] (fälschlich menikā) . [Mahābhārata 1, 943. 2915. fgg. 4820. 5, 3975.] [Harivaṃśa 1783. 8453. 9446. 12474. 14165.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 63, 4. fgg.] [Śākuntala 83, 7. 111, 4.] [Vikramorvaśī 6, 15. fgg.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 28, 87.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 20, 13.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 106, 59.] [Brahmapurāṇa] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 50, 17.] [Śiśupālavadha 9, 86.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMenakā (मेनका):—f. Nomen proprium —
1) des Tochter. Vṛṣaṇaśva's. —
2) einer Apsaras.
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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Starts with: Menakagarbha, Menakahita, Menakai, Menakaivari, Menakapada, Menakapranesha, Menakata, Menakatanaya, Menakatanem, Menakatmaja.
Ends with: Kramenaka, Ramenaka.
Full-text (+189): Shakuntala, Menakatmaja, Menakapranesha, Prishadvara, Mainaka, Mena, Apsaras, Himalaya, Indivaraprabha, Menakahita, Griddha, Janmapratishtha, Vindhyashva, Menaa, Menakka, Sutasvapna, Ruru, Dushmanta, Badhryashva, Graishmika.
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Verse 1.8.16 < [Chapter 8 - Description of Śrī Rādhikā’s Birth]
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From Self-Alienation to Self-Adjustment < [October – December, 1995]
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 63 - Vishvamitra is proclaimed a Maharishi < [Book 1 - Bala-kanda]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 9 - Śiva appears before Pārvatī in dream < [Section 2.3 - Rudra-saṃhitā (3): Pārvatī-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 43 - Description of Śiva’s wonderful sport < [Section 2.3 - Rudra-saṃhitā (3): Pārvatī-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 1 - The marriage of Himācala < [Section 2.3 - Rudra-saṃhitā (3): Pārvatī-khaṇḍa]