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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anīkastha (अनीकस्थ).—

1) a warrior, combatant.

2) a sentinel., (armed) watch. अभिचक्राम भर्तारमनीकस्थः कृताञ्जलिः (abhicakrāma bhartāramanīkasthaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ) Rām.6.32.34.

3) an elephantdriver, or its trainer (drāviḍī 'ane' = hattī); अनीकस्थप्रमाणैः प्रशस्तव्यञ्जनाचारान् हस्तिनो गृह्णीयुः (anīkasthapramāṇaiḥ praśastavyañjanācārān hastino gṛhṇīyuḥ) Kau. A.2.2.

4) a wardrum or trumpet.

5) a signal, mark; sign.

Derivable forms: anīkasthaḥ (अनीकस्थः).

Anīkastha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anīka and stha (स्थ).

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

Anīkastha (अनीकस्थ).—m.

(-sthaḥ) 1. An armed or royal guard, a sentinel. 2. A warrior, a combatant. 3. The trainer of an elephant, an elephant driver. 4. A mark, a sing, a signal. 5. A military drum. E. anīka battle, and stha what stays.

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

1) Anīkastha (अनीकस्थ):—[=anīka-stha] [from anīka] m. a warrior or combatant

2) [v.s. ...] an armed or royal guard, a sentinel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] the trainer of an elephant, an elephant-driver, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a mark, a sign, signal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a military drum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Anīkastha (अनीकस्थ):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-sthaḥ) 1) A warrior, a combattant.

2) A royal body guard.

3) A trainer of an elephant, an elephant driver.

4) A large military drum.

5) A mark, a sign, a signal.

6) (According to one authority: aśvala q. v.) E. anīka and stha.

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

Anīkastha (अनीकस्थ):—[anīka-stha] (sthaḥ) 1. m. A centinel; a signal; an elephant-driver; a military drum.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anīkastha (ಅನೀಕಸ್ಥ):—

1) [noun] a member of an army; a soldier.

2) [noun] a leader, chief of a contingent of an army; a commander.

3) [noun] a person set to guard a group; a sentry; a sentinel.

4) [noun] a trainer or driver of an elephant.

5) [noun] a large drum; a war-drum.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Anika, Stha.

Starts with: Anikasthana.

Full-text: Asvala.

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