Alternative spellings of this word include Takkar.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Ṭakkara (टक्कर):—m. Schlag an den Kopf, Kopfnuss oder Schlag überh., a knock, a rap [HAUGHT.] tena kṣiptāḥ pratīkṣyāṇāṃ karoṭīṣu ca ṭakkarāḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 157.] adhṛṣyaṭakkarādhāne [?162. Dieselbe Bed. wohl auch 5, 417.]

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Ṭakkara (टक्कर):—, [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 417] übersetzen wir: seine ersten Minister waren Leute, die sich auf das Grunzen und auf andere ähnliche Musik verstanden und am Hofe (wie gemeine Sclaven) die Köpfe gegen den Boden schlugen, dass es klang.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Ṭakkarā (टक्करा):—f. Kopfnuss [Hemacandra's Deśīnāmālā 2,77.]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Takkara-khanu, Takkara-linu, Takkara-pukkaraenal, Takkarakam, Takkaram.

Ends with: Atakkara, Ottakkara, Saitakkara, Subattakkara, Utakkara.

Full-text: Takara, Takkara-pukkaraenal, Taskara, Takala, Tatkara, Takkar, Mukabla, Mukabala, Pahada, Hathi, Hatti.

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