Anekamukha, Aneka-mukha: 4 definitions

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Anekamukha 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Anekamukha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anekamukha (अनेकमुख).—a. (khī f.) a.

1) having many faces, many-faced.

2) scattered, dispersed, going in various directions, taking to various ways; (balāni) जगाहिरेऽनेकमुखानि मार्गान् (jagāhire'nekamukhāni mārgān) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.54.

Anekamukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aneka and mukha (मुख).

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

Anekamukha (अनेकमुख):—[=an-eka-mukha] [from an-eka] mfn. having several faces, having different ways.

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

Anekamukha (अनेकमुख):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-khaḥ-khā-kham) 1) Many-faced.

2) Dis-persed, going in various directions; e. g. jite nṛpārau… vṛddhasya rājñonumate balāni jagāhirenekamukhāni mārgān ‘when Paraśurāma was vanquished, with the leave of the old king Daśaratha the armies dispersed everywhere’. E. aneka and mukha.

context information

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

[«previous next»] — Anekamukha in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anēkamukha (ಅನೇಕಮುಖ):—

1) [adjective] having many faces.

2) [adjective] having talents in more than one way; multi-faceted.

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Anēkamukha (ಅನೇಕಮುಖ):—[noun] (in pl.) various

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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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