Shankukarna, Śaṅkukarṇa, Shanku-karna: 18 definitions
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Shankukarna has 17 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaṅkukarṇa can be transliterated into English as Sankukarna or Shankukarna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaṅkukarṇa (शङ्कुकर्ण):—
1) adj. (f. ī und ā) spitzohrig [Mahābhārata 1, 5930. 6072. 6662. 3, 11776. 7, 7894. 9, 2603. 12, 5027. 10350] [?(Śiva). Rāmāyaṇa 5, 17, 24. 20, 24. Suśruta 2, 388, 6. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 9, 15] (Viṣṇu). mukhāḥ [Mahābhārata 2, 414.] —
2) m. a) Esel [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 9, 26.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1256.] — b) Nomen proprium α) eines Dānava [Harivaṃśa 197. 2284. 14286.] — β) eines Wesens im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2553. 2558.] — γ) eines Schlangendämons [Mahābhārata 1, 2156.] — δ) eines Rākṣasa [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 74, 5.] — ε) eines Sohnes des Janamejaya [Mahābhārata 1, 3838.] — ζ) eines Kameels [Pañcatantra 87, 12.]
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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Partial matches: Shanku, Karna.
Starts with: Shankukarnamukha.
Ends with: Sthirashankukarna.
Full-text (+6): Shankukarnin, Shankukarnamukha, Sthirashankukarna, Shankukarneshvara, Shankushravana, Vajrekshana, Vapushtama, Sthunakarna, Prakrishta, Pramodin, Pramathin, Chadmaka, Samvatsara, Bhanda, Muraja, Pushpadanta, Mahagramani, Gokarna, Mahatejas, Mahotsava.
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