Menaka, Menakā, Menake: 19 definitions

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Menaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Menakā (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 Fassung

Menakā (मेनका):—f. Nomen proprium —

1) des Tochter. Vṛṣaṇaśva's. —

2) einer Apsaras.

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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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