Ahopurushika, Āhōpuruṣikā, Āhopuruṣikā, Ahopuruṣikā, Aho-purushika: 8 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms Āhōpuruṣikā and Āhopuruṣikā and Ahopuruṣikā can be transliterated into English as Ahopurusika or Ahopurushika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

āhōpuruṣikā (आहोपुरुषिका).—f S Military vaunting; warriordefiance.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ahopuruṣikā (अहोपुरुषिका).—= आहोपुरुषिका (āhopuruṣikā) q. v.

Ahopuruṣikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aho and puruṣikā (पुरुषिका).

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Āhopuruṣikā (आहोपुरुषिका).—[aho puruṣa vuñ P.II.1.72 mayūravyaṃsakādi]

1) great self-conceit or pride; आहोपुरुषिका दर्पाद्या स्यात्संभावनात्मनि (āhopuruṣikā darpādyā syātsaṃbhāvanātmani) Ak.; आहोपुरुषिकां पश्य मम सद्रत्नकान्तिभिः (āhopuruṣikāṃ paśya mama sadratnakāntibhiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 5.27.

2) military vaunting, boasting.

3) vaunting of one's own prowess; निजभुज- बलाहोपुरुषिकाम् (nijabhuja- balāhopuruṣikām) Bv.1.84. अहो रणरसोत्साहादाहोपुरुषिकामधात् (aho raṇarasotsāhādāhopuruṣikāmadhāt) Śiva. B.26.4.

Āhopuruṣikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āho and puruṣikā (पुरुषिका). See also (synonyms): āhopuruṣā.

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

Āhopuruṣikā (आहोपुरुषिका).—f.

(-kā) Boasting, military vaunting. E. āho, puruṣa a man, and affix kan; doubting another’s manhood, &c.

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

1) Ahopuruṣikā (अहोपुरुषिका):—[=aho-puruṣikā] [from aho] a f. for āho-pur q.v., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [=aho-puruṣikā] b etc. See 2. aho.

3) Āhopuruṣikā (आहोपुरुषिका):—[=āho-puruṣikā] [from āho] f. ([gana] mayūra-vyaṃsakādi, [Pāṇini 3-1, 72]) boasting of one’s manliness or military prowess

4) [v.s. ...] vaunting of one’s power, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]

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

Āhopuruṣikā (आहोपुरुषिका):—[āho-puruṣikā] (kā) 1. f. Boasting, military vaunting.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ahopurushika 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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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Āhōpuruṣika (ಆಹೋಪುರುಷಿಕ):—[noun] = ಆಹೋಪುರುಷಿಕೆ [ahopurushike].

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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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