Shambakrita, Śambākṛta, Sambakrita: 5 definitions

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Shambakrita 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.

The Sanskrit term Śambākṛta can be transliterated into English as Sambakrta or Shambakrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

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Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Śambākṛta (शम्बाकृत) refers to “ploughed twice” or “doubly pierced”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 20.83.—The second ploughing is in a reverse direction. [...] The word śamba is explained also as meaning “a kind of ploughshare”. Cf. Abhayatilaka in his commentary on Hemacandra’s Dvyāśrayakāvya 19.36.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Śambākṛta (शम्बाकृत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Twice-ploughed, (a field.) E. śamba a second ploughing, kṛta made, and ḍāc augment.

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Sambākṛta (सम्बाकृत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Twice-ploughed. E. samba a second ploughing, kṛta made, ḍāc augment; also śambākṛta .

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

Śambākṛta (शम्बाकृत):—[=śambā-kṛta] [from śambā-kṛ > śamba] mfn. twice ploughed, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Śambākṛta (शम्बाकृत):—[śambā+kṛta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Twice ploughed.

2) Sambākṛta (सम्बाकृत):—[sambā-kṛta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Twice ploughed.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śaṃbākṛta (ಶಂಬಾಕೃತ):—[noun] a field that is ploughed twice.

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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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