The Sanskrit term Ṛkāra can be transliterated into English as Rkara or Rikara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Hrikar.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Ṛkāra (ऋकार).—8th face of the fourteen-faced god; Sāvarṇi Manu from.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 26. 40.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Ṛkāra (ऋकार).—The letter ऋ (ṛ) with its 18 varieties made up of the ह्रस्व, दीर्घ, प्लुत (hrasva, dīrgha, pluta), and सानुनासिक (sānunāsika) varieties and characterized by the three accents. ऋ (ṛ) and लृ (lṛ) are looked upon as cognate in Pāṇini's grammar and hence, ऋ (ṛ) could be looked upon as possessed of 30 varieties including 12 varieties of लृ (lṛ).

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ṛkāra (ऋकार).—[masculine] the sound ṛ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ṛkāra (ऋकार):—[=ṛ-kāra] [from ṛ] m. the letter or sound ṛ, [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya; Atharvaveda-prātiśākhya etc.]

2) Ṝkāra (ॠकार):—[=ṝ-kāra] [from ṝ] m. the letter or sound ṝ, [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya]

[Sanskrit to German]

Rikara in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ṛkāra (ऋकार) [Also spelled hrikar]:—(nm) the letter [ṛ] (ri) and its sound; ~[rāṃta] (a word) ending in [ṛ] (ri).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ṛkāra (ಋಕಾರ):—[noun] the letter 'ಋ'.

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Ṟakāra (ಱಕಾರ):—[noun] the letter or the sound of 'ಱ' (usu. pronounced with the vowel 'ಅ'.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ri, Kara.

Starts with: Rikaramta.

Ends with (+30): Abaddhaparikara, Airandhrikara, Amdaparikara, Baddhaparikara, Barikara, Bharikara, Bikrikara, Chhidrikara, Chidrikara, Chitrikara, Citrikara, Darikara, Grahakakrikara, Gurikara, Harikara, Hayaparikara, Janghakarikara, Kadambarikara, Karikara, Kartrikara.

Full-text: Ratva, Hrikar, Prikta, Sa-hiranya-bhaga-bhog-oparikara-sarv-adaya-sameta, Udaya, Savarni, Vaivasvata, Avagraha.

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