Vrikka, Vṛkka, Vṛkkā: 6 definitions
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Vrikka has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Vṛkka and Vṛkkā can be transliterated into English as Vrkka or Vrikka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVṛkka (वृक्क):—
1) m. a) du. die Nieren [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 100.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7, 96, 1. 9, 7, 13.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 25, 8.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 8, 3, 17.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 6, 7, 6. 25, 7, 34.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 45. 81.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 4, 14, 14.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4, 3, 21. 24.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 97.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 5, 23.] — b) nach [Sāyaṇa] so v. a. Abwender nämlich der Krankheit [Ṛgveda 1, 187, 10.] —
2) f. ā = bukkā = hṛd Herz [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 623.]
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: Vrikkaka, Vrikkakara, Vrikkavati.
Ends with: Adhivrikka.
Full-text: Vrikya, Vakka, Nagadamani, Vrikkaka, Vrikkavati, Basti, Vukka, Bukka, Heruka, Vakku.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.187.10 < [Sukta 187]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
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Sushruta Samhita, volume 2: Nidanasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Sushruta Samhita, volume 3: Sharirasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
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Chapter IV - The development of a fetus in the womb
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
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