Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ativāhaka : (adj.) one who carries a burden; a guide.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ativāhaka (अतिवाहक).—[atītya etaṃ dehaṃ vāhayati dehāntaraṃ prāpayati; vah-ṇvul] The deity or spirit appointed by God to help in the conveying of the जीव (jīva) or सूक्ष्मशरीर (sūkṣmaśarīra) in the above manner.

Derivable forms: ativāhakaḥ (अतिवाहकः).

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ativāhaka (ಅತಿವಾಹಕ):—

1) [noun] one who works very hard; he who is given to hardworking.

2) [noun] a kind of damned soul in the hell.

3) [noun] a semi-god who is supposed to carry the soul from the subtle body to another body.

4) [noun] (phys.) any of the pure metals which show complete loss of electrical resistivity; a super-conductor.

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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.

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Starts with: Ativahakate.

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