Tamalaka, Tamālaka: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTamālaka (तमालक):—(von tamāla)
1) m. n. = tamāla [1.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] tilakāḥ satamālakāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 91, 48.] —
2) m. n. Bambusrinde [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) f. tamālikā a) Name zweier Pflanzen: α) = tāmravallī . — β) = bhūmyāmalī Phyllanthus emblica [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] [NIGH. PR.] Nach der letzteren Aut. auch tamālakā, tamālakī . — b) Nomen proprium einer Gegend, = tāmalipta [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 1, 11]; vgl. tamālinī . — c) Nomen proprium eines Frauenzimmers [KĀD.] in [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 7, 585.] —
4) n. a) = pattraka = tamālapattra [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) eine best. Gemüsepflanze (suniṣaṇṇa) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 4, 33.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTamālaka (तमालक):——
1) (*m. n.) — a) Xanthochymus pictorius. Zu belegen am Ende eines adj. Comp. — b) *Bambusrinde. —
2) *f. tamālakā , kī und likā Phyllanthus emblica. —
3) f. likā — a) * = tāmravllī [Rājan 3,110.] — b) Nomen proprium — α) eines Landes. — β) eines Frauenzimmers. —
4) *n. — a) das Blatt der Laurus Cassia [Rājan 6,175.] — b) Marsilea quadrifolia.
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: Tamalakartika.
Ends with: Bhugolahastamalaka, Hastamalaka, Kottamalaka, Kritamalaka, Kuntamalaka, Naktamalaka, Narttamalaka, Pattamalaka, Prabodhacandrodayahastamalaka.
Full-text: Tamalaki, Tamaka, Sthalapadma, Tamalika, Ushira, Kankola, Karpura, Candana, Jati, Vata.
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 24 - The ritual of lord Śiva < [Section 7.2 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (2)]
Chapter 11 - The mode of worshipping Śiva < [Section 2.1 - Rudra-saṃhitā (1): Sṛśṭi-khaṇḍa]
Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 22 - Paraśurāma’s penance (a) < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 22 - Soma Gets a Boon < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]