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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Antakāla (अन्तकाल).—Prescriptions for;¹ yogic methods laid down.²

• 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa II. 1. 15-21;
• 2) Ib. H. 2. 14-23.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

antakāla (अंतकाल).—m (S) The hour or time of death. Pr. antakālāpēkṣāṃ mādhyānhakāla kaṭhīṇa. 2 The concluding period; the time of the end.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

antakāla (अंतकाल).—m The hour or time of death; concluding period.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Antakāla (अन्तकाल).—time or hour of death; स्थित्वा स्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति (sthitvā syāmantakāle'pi brahmanirvāṇamṛcchati) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.72.

Derivable forms: antakālaḥ (अन्तकालः).

Antakāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anta and kāla (काल). See also (synonyms): antavelā.

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

Antakāla (अन्तकाल).—m.

(-laḥ) Time of death, death. E. anta end, and kāla time.

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

Antakāla (अन्तकाल).—[masculine] time of death.

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

Antakāla (अन्तकाल):—[=anta-kāla] [from anta] m. time of death, death.

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

Antakāla (अन्तकाल):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-laḥ) The time of death. E. anta and kāla.

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

Antakāla (अन्तकाल):—[anta-kāla] (laḥ) 1. m. Death.

[Sanskrit to German]

Antakala 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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Antakāla (अन्तकाल):—n. time of death; last moment;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kala, Anta.

Starts with: Antakaladhipati, Antakalam.

Ends with: Adyantakala, Anantakala, Jivantakala, Kadantakala, Kalpantakala, Kantakala, Kridantakala, Parantakala, Vasantakala.

Full-text: Antkaal, Antakalam, Antakaladhipati, Parantakala, Antavela.

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