Plavaka, Plavākā: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPlavaka (प्लवक):—(wie eben) m.
1) Frosch [Halāyudha 3, 40.] —
2) Jongleur [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 125.] gāyanā nartakāścaiva plavakā vādakāstathā [Mahābhārata 13, 1586.] —
3) ein Cāṇḍāla [Halāyudha 2, 443.] —
4) Ficus infectoria Willd. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Plavākā (प्लवाका):—f. = plava Boot, Nachen [ŚABDĀRTHAK. im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPlavaka (प्लवक):—m. —
1) ein Springer von Profession [Mahābhārata 13,23,15.] —
2) *Frosch. —
3) *ein Caṇḍāla. —
4) *Ficus infectoria [Rājan 11,126.]
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Plavākā (प्लवाका):—f. Boot , Nachen.
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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Ends with: Pariplavaka, Utplavaka, Vedaviplavaka, Viplavaka, Viraviplavaka.
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