Raka, Rākā: 17 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchRaka (रक):—gaṇa śaṇḍikādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 92.] m. the sun gem; crystal; a hard shower [WILSON] nach [ŚABDĀRTHAK.]
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Rākā (राका):—f. [Uṇādisūtra 3, 40.] [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 44. 4, 13.]
1) die Genie des wirklichen Vollmondstages (neben Anumati der Genie des vorangehenden Tages; s. Näheres [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 9, LVII.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 5, 229.] [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 60. fgg.] *) [?59, 13 ist, wie WEBER] später erkannt hat, vivakṣite na zu trennen; demnach sind [62, 4] die Worte «bei Somakāra und» zu streichen.; Vollmondstag, Vollmond [das 5, 5.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 11, 30.] [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 3, 8.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 39.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 149.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 14. fg.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 31.] [Halāyudha 1, 112.] [VIŚVA] bei [UJJVAL.] [Ṛgveda 2, 32, 4. 5, 42, 12.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 37. 47. 7, 11.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1, 8, 8, 1. 3, 4, 9, 1. 6.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 7, 2, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9, 5, 1, 38.] [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 4, 6.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 12, 8.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 15, 3.] [Mahābhārata 8, 1486.] [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 250. 268.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 225.] maghārākāsamāgame [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 14, 22. 15, 54.] yajña [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 16, 13, 1,] [Scholiast] eine Tochter des Aṅgiras (vgl. rāgā) und der Smṛti [Viṣṇupurāṇa 83.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 52, 21.] des Aṅgiras und der Śraddhā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 1, 34.] Gattin Dhātar’s und Mutter Prātar’s [6, 18, 3.] Die Brāhmaṇa und Comm. führen das Wort auf 1. rā zurück. —
2) Nomen proprium einer Rākṣasī, der Mutter Khara's und der Śūrpaṇakhā [Mahābhārata 3, 15893. 15896.] einer Tochter des Sumālin [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 5, 40.] —
3) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [VIŚVA a. a. O.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 20, 10.] —
4) Krätze [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [VIŚVA.] —
5) ein eben mannbar gewordenes Mädchen [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 536.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hārāvalī 130.] [Halāyudha 2, 333.] [VIŚVA.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungRaka (रक):—m. —
1) the sun gem. —
2) crystal. —
3) a hard shower.
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Rākā (राका):—f. —
1) die Genie des wirklichen Vollmondstages (gilt später als Tochter des Aṅgiras) ; Vollmondstag , Vollmond. —
2) *ein eben mannbar gewordenes Mädchen. —
3) *Krätze. —
4) Nomen proprium — a) einer Rākhast. — b) eines Flusses.
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