Andhakari, Andhakāri, Andhaka-ari: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Andhakāri (अन्धकारि).—&c. slayer of Andhaka, epithets of Śiva.

Derivable forms: andhakāriḥ (अन्धकारिः).

Andhakāri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms andhaka and ari (अरि). See also (synonyms): andhakaripu, andhakaśatru, andhakaghāti, andhakāsuhṛḍh.

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

Andhakāri (अन्धकारि):—[from andhaka > andh] m. ‘enemy of the Asura Andhaka’, Name of Śiva.

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

Andhakāri (अन्धकारि):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-riḥ) A name of Śiva, the slayer of the demon Andhaka q. v. Comp. andhakaripu and andhakāsuhṛd. E. andhaka and ari.

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Andhakari 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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