Bekanata, Bekanāṭa: 6 definitions
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Bekanata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsBekanāṭa (बेकनाट) occurs only once in the Ṛgveda, when Indra is said to overcome all the Bekanāṭas and the Paṇis. The natural sense, therefore, seems to be “usurer”, the explanation given by Yāska. The word has a foreign appearance, but its provenance can hardly be determined: it might just as well be aboriginal as Babylonian. Hillebrandt thinks Brunnhofer is right in identifying Bekanāṭa with Bikanir.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBekanāṭa (बेकनाट).—Ved. A usurer (kusīdin); इन्द्रो विश्वान् बेकनाटाँ अहर्दृशः (indro viśvān bekanāṭāṃ ahardṛśaḥ) Ṛgveda 8.66.1.
Derivable forms: bekanāṭaḥ (बेकनाटः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBekanāṭa (बेकनाट).—[masculine] usurer.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBekanāṭa (बेकनाट):—m. a usurer, [Ṛg-veda viii, 55, 10] ([Nirukta, by Yāska])
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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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