Purnaka, Pūrṇaka: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPūrṇaka (पूर्णक):—
1) adj. = pūrṇa gefüllt, voll: naṭanartanagandharvaiḥ pūrṇakairvardhamānakaiḥ . nityodyogaiśca krīḍadbhistatra sma pariharṣitāḥ .. [Mahābhārata 7, 2199.] —
2) proparox. m. saṃjñāyām [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 75,] [Scholiast] a) ein best. Baum [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 79, 38.] — b) der blaue Holzhäher (svarṇacūḍa, cūḍaka) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 71.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 124.] —
3) f. pūrṇikā ein best. Vogel, = nāsāchinnī [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 5, 27.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]
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Pūrṇaka (पूर्णक):—
1) nach [Nīlakaṇṭha] in der Bed.
2) b). —
3) [MĀLATĪM. 145, 1 v. u.]; vgl. [WILSON,] [Wilson 2, 98, Nalopākhyāna 2.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPūrṇaka (पूर्णक):——
1) m. — a) ein best. Baum. — b) der blaue Holzhäher [Mahābhārata 7,57,4.(] nach [Nīlakaṇṭha]) — c) ein best. Geräthe (bei den Maga) [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,5,384.] — d) * = dhānyajvara [Galano's Wörterbuch] —
2) f. pūrṇikā ein best. Vogel [Mālatīmādhava 145,20(121,21).]
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: Purnakakud, Purnakakuda, Purnakalasha, Purnakalikata, Purnakalikta, Purnakama, Purnakamata, Purnakamsa, Purnakamtha, Purnakarana, Purnakarita.
Ends with: Balipurnaka, Ghatapurnaka, Ghritapurnaka, Paripurnaka, Udapurnaka.
Full-text: Purnika, Ghritapurnaka, Purnalaka, Purniman, Ghata, Purna, Kalakarnin, Tirthoda, Yogavidya, Trimudra, Pithadevi, Mudratritaya, Ekakshara, Murtibheda, Purnapatra.
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