Vitanka, Viṭaṅka, Vitamka: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViṭaṅka (विटङ्क):—m. n. gaṇa ardharcādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 31.]
1) Taubenhaus, Vogethaus [Amarakoṣa 2, 2, 15.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1010.] [Halāyudha 2, 148.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 80, 20.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 87, 23.] [Śiśupālavadha 3, 55.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 10, 17] (am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā). toraṇaviṭaṅkasthaṃ hanūmantam [5, 39, 19.] śākhāviṭaṅkairvṛkṣāṇāṃ kriyamāṇairitastataḥ [Harivaṃśa 3538.] (rathottamam) masāragalvarkamayairviṭaṅkairvibhūṣitam [Mahābhārata 12, 1585] nach einer von [Nīlakaṇṭha] erwähnten Variante. sabhāraṇyaviṭaṅkavant (bhāratadruma) [1, 88.] —
2) die höchste Spitze; im Prākrit: mahīharaviṭaṅko [MĀLATĪM. 166, 2.] —
3) Verzierung, Schmuck: alakaviṭaṅkakapola (= alakālaṃkṛtakapola Comm.) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 33, 16.] parārdhyakeyūrakuṇḍalakirīṭaviṭaṅkaveṣau (viṭaṅka = sundara Comm.) [3, 15, 27.] —
4) aṅka [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 2, 10] nach dem Comm. = nitamba .
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Viṭaṅka (विटङ्क):—
1) wohl auch Krone, Zinne, Giebel.
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: Vitamkapali, Vitankaka, Vitankam, Vitankan, Vitankapura.
Full-text: Vitankaka, Vitankita, Vitankapura, Vintaka, Vitamkapali, Vidamka, Sapta-vitankastalam, Kapotapali, Vitankam, Catta-vitankatalam, Vitankan, Takshina-meruvitankan, Tank, Vitam.
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Temples in Tiruvengaivasal < [Chapter X - Temples of Rajadhjraja II’s Time]
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Verse 3.3.37 < [Part 3 - Fraternal Devotion (sakhya-rasa)]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Tirukkaravasal < [Chapter II - Temples of Rajaraja I’s Time]
Temples in Tiruvorriyur < [Chapter IV - Temples of Rajendra I’s Time]
Temples in Tiruvarur < [Chapter IV - Temples of Rajendra I’s Time]
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