Ratnakara, Ratnākara, Ratna-akara, Ratna-kara: 25 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchRatnakara (रत्नकर):—m. Beiname Kubera's [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 189.]
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Ratnākara (रत्नाकर):—(ratna + ā) m.
1) eine Fundgrube für Juwelen [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 4, 17.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 10, 47. 2, 2, 53.] nānāratnākaravatī (medinī) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 48, 24.] —
2) das Meer [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 2.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1074.] [Halāyudha 3, 30.] [Spr. 2584. 3573. 3763. 4534.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 59, 59. 86, 82.] [NĀGĀN. 26, 17.] kāruṇya [Hitopadeśa 27, 6.] am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7, 7,] [Śloka 20.] —
3) Nomen proprium eines Buddha [Burnouf 102.] [HIOUENTHSANG I, 385.] eines Bodhisattva [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 268 (38).] eines Dichters und verschiedener anderer Personen [Rājataraṅgiṇī.5,34.] [Oxforder Handschriften 124,b,21. 100,a,42. 285,a, No. 665. fgg.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 2. 303.] [Hiouen-Thsang I,385. 388.] —
4) Nomen proprium eines Rosses, eines Sohnes des Uccaiḥśravas, [Kathāsaritsāgara 123, 11.] —
5) Titel verschiedener Werke [Oxforder Handschriften 113,b,5. 126,a,17. 273,a, No. 646. fg. b,43. 279,a,26. 288,b, No. 688. 292,b,2. 295,a, No. 713.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 941. 1403.] [HALL 174.] des Keyadeva [NIGH.] [PR.] Vgl. kṛtya, pariśiṣṭasiddhānta (unter pariśiṣṭa), prastāva, yoga, śuddhi, saṃgīta, smṛti . —
6) Nomen proprium einer Stadt (wohl n. in dieser Bed.) [Kathāsaritsāgara 59, 59. 66, 136.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungRatnakara (रत्नकर):—m. Beiname Kubera's.
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Ratnākara (रत्नाकर):—m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) —
1) eine Fundgrube für Juwelen. Nom.abstr. tva n. [Indische studien von Weber 15,351.] —
2) das Meer. —
3) Titel verschiedener Werke. —
4) Nomen proprium — a) eines Buddha. eines Dichters und verschiedener anderer Personen. — b) eines mythischen Rosses. — c) einer Stadt ; vielleicht n.
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Partial matches: Ratna, Akara, Kara.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Act 9.3: Question of the bodhisattva Samantaraśmi < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Act 9.5: Samantaraśmi offers to pay homage to Buddha Śākyamuni < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Act 9.6: Ratnākara approves of Samantaraśmi’s venture to the Sahā universe < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 13 - Staglungpa (ix): Ratnākara < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Chapter 13 - Staglungpa together with his disciples < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Chapter 13 - Staglungpa (x): nam mkha' dpal bzang po < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Chapter 14 - The Glories of Ratnākara, Raivata, and Kācala < [Canto 6 - Dvārakā-khaṇḍa]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 183 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Section 254 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 14 - Chemists of the Metallic School: Shambhu < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
Part 9 - Chemists of the Metallic School: Kapali, author of Rasa-raja-mahodadhi < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
Part 13 - Chemists of the Metallic School: Ratnakosha < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis) (by S. Anusha)
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