Vakra: 22 definitions

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

Vakra (वक्र):—(von 2. vak) [Uṇādisūtra 2, 13.] gaṇa nyaṅkvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.7,3,53.] n. [Siddhāntakaumudī 249,b,1.]

1) adj. (f. ā) a) gebogen, krumm, schief (Gegens. ṛju) [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 21.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 364.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1456.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 452.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 66.] [Halāyudha 4, 11.] dhanvan [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 6, 4. 7, 56, 4.] vayasaḥ pakṣau [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 2, 1, 7. 10. 11, 7, 3, 2.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 17, 1, 16. 7, 24.] [Mahābhārata 3, 10608.] yantra [Suśruta 1, 25, 21. 27, 15.] dhanurvakra [94, 1.] samidh [Gṛhyasaṃgrahapariśiṣṭa 1, 29. fg.] nāḍī trirvakrā [Suśruta 2, 182, 1.] ketakī [Spr. 5046.] śikhā [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 11, 12. 33, 16. 47, 24.] vaṃśa [Oxforder Handschriften 155,b,22.] dāru [Amarakoṣa 2, 2, 14.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1009.] dāru ca vakrasaṃstham [Halāyudha 2, 148.] bālendu [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 29.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 80, 9.] nāsā [Oxforder Handschriften 51,b,22.] anāmikā madhyamā ca [202,b,8.] bhruvau bālaśaśāṅkavakre [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 70, 8.] [Spr. 3424.] [Śākuntala 9.] nakha [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 41.] nitamba [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 206.] von Haaren so v. a. gelockt [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 19, 27. 4, 21, 17. 5, 2, 14.] gati adj. sich schlängelnd [Spr. 342. 3659.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 368.] gāmin dass. [Harivaṃśa 5774.] vakraṃ vrajati [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 20, 4.] plutā mṛgāḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 27, 156.] panthāḥ [Meghadūta 28.] agra vorn gebogen, Bez. eines Blasenräumers [Hindu System of Medicine 370.] [Suśruta 2, 56, 4] (vaktra gedr.). a [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 3, 1, 17.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 68, 51.] ati [Oxforder Handschriften 155,b,20.] vakra krumm, schief und zugleich hinterlistig [Spr. 4962. fg.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 40, 48.] — b) rückläufig, in rückläufiger Bewegung begriffen; von Planeten: gati [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 17, 14.] [Sūryasiddhānta 2, 12.] gate (v. l. gatau) grahe [8, 15.] vakrātivakragamanādaṅgāraka iva grahaḥ [Mahābhārata 8, 711.] ga [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 2, 20.] [GAṆITĀDHY. UDAY. 5. 6.] vakrānuvakragā grahāḥ [Suśruta 1, 118, 21.] maghāsvaṅgārako vakraḥ śravaṇe ca bṛhaspatiḥ [Mahābhārata 6, 81.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 205. fgg.] — c) prosodisch lang (wegen der Gestalt des Längezeichens) [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 215.] — d) krumm so v. a. unredlich, hinterlistig, zweideutig: mati [Mahābhārata 3, 8442.] ubhe prajñe veditavye ṛjvī vakrā ca [12, 3686.] dhī f. und adj. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 3, 18. fg.] vākya [Śiśupālavadha 10, 12] (vgl. [Sāhityadarpana 66, 1]). vacas [Spr. 730] (vgl. [?Th. III, S. 409]). apabhraṣṭavakrayā . girā [Kathāsaritsāgara 17, 141. 50, 163.] saṃdeśa [47,6.] [Oxforder Handschriften 142,a,10.] avakracetas [Kaṭhopaniṣad 5, 1.] avakraga ehrlich verfahrend [Kathāsaritsāgara 27, 156.] vakra hinterlistig, verschlagen, von Personen [Spr. 2669.] [Sāhityadarpana 215, 16. fg.] (= vāmā). [Spr. 4962. fg.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 40, 48]; an den drei letzten Stellen zugleich in der Bed. a). vakra = krūra [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —

2) m. a) der Planet Mars [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 116.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Halāyudha 1, 46.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 104, 4.] [BṚH. 2, 2. 4. 4, 13. 9, 3. 11, 2 u.s.w.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 261.] [Horāśāstra] in [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 4, 318.] der Planet Saturn [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten der Karūṣa [Mahābhārata 2, 575.] — c) Nomen proprium eines Rākṣasa [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 12, 13.] — d) pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes (v. l. für cakra) [Viṣṇupurāṇa 188,] [Nalopākhyāna 42.] — e) = rudra [Dharaṇīkoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] — f) = tripurāsura ebend. — g) = parpaṭa [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —

3) f. ā a) Bez. eines best. musikalischen Instruments [LĀṬY. 4, 2, 1.] — b) (sc. gati) Bez. eines best. Stadiums in der Bahn des Mercurs [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 7, 15. fg.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 205. fgg.] —

4) n. a) Krümmung eines Flusses [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 7.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1088.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 1, 5] (nach dem Comm. adj.); vgl. cakra (12). — b) Bez. eines partiellen Beinbruchs [Hindu System of Medicine 190.] [Suśruta 1, 300, 19. 301, 10.] — c) die rückläufige Bewegung eines Planeten: kṛtvā cāṅgārako vakraṃ jyeṣṭhāyām [Mahābhārata 5, 4841. 6, 85] (wo śravaṇe zu lesen ist). [Harivaṃśa 4257. 9875.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 1, 10. 2, S. 6, Z. 17. 6, 1. 4. 7. 15, 31. 47, 13. 97, 1.] [BṚH. 7, 11.] [GOLĀDHY. 5, 40.] [GAṆITĀDHY.] [SPAṢṬĀDHY. 44.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 284.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 22, 14.] — d) a species of the Anuṣṭubh metre [WILSON]; fehlerhaft für vaktra . — Vgl. aṣṭā, kavāṭa, ku, trivakrā, dantavakra (unter dantavaktra), pari, rodho, vākrya .

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Vākra (वाक्र):—(von vakra), vākraṃ suvātram Name eines Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,234,a.]

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Vakra (वक्र):—

2) b) [Mahābhārata 1, 7019] (vaktra ed. Bomb.).

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

Vakra (वक्र):——

1) Adj. (f. ā ; Adv. vakram und vakra) — a) gebogen , krumm , schief ; gelockt (Haare). — b) rückläufig , in rückläufiger Bewegung begriffen (von Planeten). — c) prosodisch lang (wegen der Gestalt des Längezeichens). — d) unredlich , hinterlistig , zweideutig , falsch , verschlagen. — e) feindlich , ungünstig (Schicksal) zu [Indische sprüche 1918.] —

2) m. — a) der Planet Mars. — b) *der Planet Saturn. — c) *eine best. Arzeneipflanze , = parpaṭa. — d) *Beiname — α) Rudra's. — β) des Asura Bāṇa. — e) Nomen proprium — α) eines Fürsten der Karūṣa. v.l. vaktra — β) eines Rākṣasa. — γ) Pl. eines Volkes. v.l. cakra. —

3) f. cakrā — a) ein best. musikalisches Instrument. — b) ein best. Stadium in der Bahn des Mercurs. —

4) n. — a) Krümmung eines Flusses. — b) ein best. partieller Beinbruch. — c) die rückläufige Bewegung eines Planeten. — d) *ein best. Metrum ; richtig vaktra.

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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.

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