Pingalaka, Piṅgalaka: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPiṅgalaka (पिङ्गलक):—(von piṅgala)
1) adj. f. likā = piṅgala. ku.ā.i.ā piṅgali.ā kā.yaṃ kṛ.vā pra dhāvati [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20, 136, 14.] —
2) m. a) Nomen proprium eines Yakṣa [Mahābhārata 2, 399.] Nomen proprium eines Mannes gaṇa upakādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 69.] pl. seine Nachkommen ebend. — b) Nomen proprium eines Löwen [Pañcatantra 9, 11.] —
3) f. likā a) eine Bienenart [Suśruta 2, 290, 17.] — b) eine Eulenart = piṅgalā [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 87, 4 ] (v. l. piṅgalakā). ruta [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 896.] eine Kranichart (balākā) [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) Nomen proprium eines Weibes [Kathāsaritsāgara 21, 122. 34, 116.] — Vgl. daṇḍa .
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Piṅgalaka (पिङ्गलक):—
2) b) [Kathāsaritsāgara 60, 18.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPiṅgalaka (पिङ्गलक):——
1) Adj. (f. likā röthlich braun. —
2) m. Nomen proprium — a) eines Yakṣa. — b) *eines Mannes ; Pl. seine Nachkommen. — c) eines Löwen —
3) f. likā — a) eine Eulenart. — b) *eine Kranichart. — c) eine Bienenart. — d) Nomen proprium einer Frau.
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: Pingalakanva.
Ends with: Apingalaka, Dandapingalaka, Shvetapingalaka.
Full-text: Viyojya, Pingaliman, Pingalin, Pingalita, Apingalaka, Shvetapingalaka, Pingalika, Avyaktarashi, Pingala, Karataka, Damanaka, Nidhi, Dandapingala, Mandavisarpini, Tittibha, Danda.
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