Ankabandha, Aṅkabandha, Anka-bandha: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aṅkabandha (अङ्कबन्ध).—. forming the lap, bending the thighs into a curve and squatting down.

2) branding with a mark that resembles a headless trunk (aśiraḥpuruṣākaro'ṅkaḥ).

Derivable forms: aṅkabandhaḥ (अङ्कबन्धः).

Aṅkabandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṅka and bandha (बन्ध).

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

Aṅkabandha (अङ्कबन्ध).—m. branding with a dishonouring mark, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 294.

Aṅkabandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṅka and bandha (बन्ध).

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

Aṅkabandha (अङ्कबन्ध):—[=aṅka-bandha] [from aṅka > aṅk] m. branding with a mark (that resembles a headless body), [Yājñavalkya]

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Ankabandha 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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