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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yugāntara (युगान्तर).—

1) a kind of yoke.

2) a succeeding generation.

3) another division of the sky; युगान्तरमारूढः सविता (yugāntaramārūḍhaḥ savitā) Ś.4.

Yugāntara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yuga and antara (अन्तर).

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

Yugāntara (युगान्तर).—[neuter] the other (half of the) sky.

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

1) Yugāntara (युगान्तर):—[from yuga > yuj] n. a special yoke, peculiar y°, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] the second half of the arc described by the sun and cut by the meridian (ram ārūḍhaḥ savitā = midday is past), [Śakuntalā]

3) [v.s. ...] another generation, a succeeding gen°, [Bhartṛhari]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Yugāntara (युगान्तर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jugaṃtara.

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Yugantara 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Yugāṃtara (ಯುಗಾಂತರ):—

1) [noun] a change over from one era to another.

2) [noun] an indefinitely long priod.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Yugāntara (युगान्तर):—n. a new era; another era; a new age;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Yuga, Antara.

Full-text: Jugamtara, Ugantar, Yugamtara, Yugantar, Yuganta, Kali, Antara.

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