Vajraka: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVajraka (वज्रक):—(von vajra)
1) adj. in Verbindung mit taila Bez. eines mit verschiedenen Species zubereiteten Oeles gegen Aussatz [Suśruta 2, 64, 5. 70, 14.] —
2) n. a) = vajrakṣāra [Hārāvalī 220.] [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Bez. einer best. Himmelserscheinung (upagraha) [JYOTISTATTVA im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. dvi, mahā .
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Vajraka (वज्रक):—m. Nomen proprium eines Berges [DIVYĀVAD. 167.]
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 (+11): Vajrakala, Vajrakali, Vajrakalika, Vajrakama, Vajrakamini, Vajrakanda, Vajrakandaka, Vajrakandika, Vajrakankata, Vajrakanta, Vajrakantaka, Vajrakantakashali, Vajrakantakashalmali, Vajrakantha, Vajrakapalin, Vajrakaparvata, Vajrakapata, Vajrakapatamant, Vajrakapatamat, Vajrakapatarasa.
Ends with: Dvivajraka, Granthivajraka, Kuvajraka, Mahavajraka.
Full-text: Kuvajraka, Dvivajraka, Dugdhapacana, Granthivajraka, Varjanaka, Pashanavajrakarasa, Vidyumukha, Vajrika, Nilaka, Mahavajraka, Sandhara, Pancaratna, Lalita, Trivishtapa, Prasada, Rakshasa, Adhyashaya.
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Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CXCIV - Medical treatments of Sinus etc < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) (by W. R. S. Ralston)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 206 - Procedure for Performing Śrāddha < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 24 - Importance of Somavāra Vrata < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]