Panktigriva, Paṅktigrīva, Pankti-griva: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Paṅktigrīva (पङ्क्तिग्रीव).—an epithet ot Rāvaṇa.

Derivable forms: paṅktigrīvaḥ (पङ्क्तिग्रीवः).

Paṅktigrīva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paṅkti and grīva (ग्रीव).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Paṅktigrīva (पङ्क्तिग्रीव).—m.

(-vaḥ) A name of Ravana. E. paṅkti ten, grīvā a neck, the ten-necked.

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

Paṅktigrīva (पङ्क्तिग्रीव):—[=paṅkti-grīva] [from paṅkti] m. ‘ten-necked’, Name of Rāvaṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Paṅktigrīva (पङ्क्तिग्रीव):—[paṅkti-grīva] (vaḥ) 1. m. Rāvana.

[Sanskrit to German]

Panktigriva 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.

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