Ankya, Aṅkya, Amkya: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṅkya (अङ्क्य).—a. [aṅk-ṇyat] Fit to be branded, marked or counted.
-kyaḥ [aṅke kroḍe sthāpayitvā vādyate asau, yat, or aṅke sādhuḥ, aṅk-ya] A sort of drum or tabor (sārdhatālatrayā- yāmaśca caturdaśāṅgulānanaḥ | harītakyākṛtiryaḥ syādaṅkyoṅke sa hi vādyate).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṅkya (अङ्क्य).—mfn. (ṅkyaḥ-ṅkyā-ṅkyaṃ) 1. To be counted. 2. To be marked. m.
(-ṅkyaḥ) A small oblong drum. See aṅkī E. aṅka to mark, aff. yat; or aṅka the hip, and ya aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṅkya (अङ्क्य).—[adjective] to be branded.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aṅkya (अङ्क्य):—[from aṅk] mfn. fit or proper to be marked or counted
2) [v.s. ...] m. a small drum (cf. aṅki), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṅkya (अङ्क्य):—I. m. f. n.
(-ṅkyaḥ-ṅkyā-ṅkyam) 1) To be counted.
2) To be marked. E. aṅk, kṛt aff. yat. Ii. m.
(-ṅkyaḥ) A small oblong drum. See aṅkī. E. aṅka, taddh. aff. yat; being carried upon the hip.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṅkya (अङ्क्य):—(ṅkyaḥ) 1. m. A small oblong drum; a. to be numbered.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAṃkya (ಅಂಕ್ಯ):—
1) [adjective] fit to be marked, branded or identified.
2) [adjective] fit to be counted numerically or as significant.
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Aṃkya (ಅಂಕ್ಯ):—[noun] a small drum, played with a stick.
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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