The Sanskrit term Karkaśatva can be transliterated into English as Karkasatva or Karkashatva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Karkaśatva (कर्कशत्व, “rough”) refers to one of the “eleven tangibles” (spraṣṭavya) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 38). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., karkaśatva). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Karkaśatva (कर्कशत्व).—[karkaśa + tva], n. 1. Hardness, [Kumārasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 36, 2. Harshness, Mahābhārata 13, 542.

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

1) Karkaśatva (कर्कशत्व):—[=karkaśa-tva] [from karkaśa] n. hardness

2) [v.s. ...] harshness, rough manners, [Mahābhārata; Kumāra-sambhava]

[Sanskrit to German]

Karkashatva in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Karkasha, Tva, Karkaca.

Full-text: Sprashtavya, Eleven Tangibles, Vyayama.

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