Antakala, Antakāla, Anta-kala: 14 definitions
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Antakala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Antakāla (अन्तकाल).—Prescriptions for;1 yogic methods laid down.2
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-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.
antakāla (अंतकाल).—m The hour or time of death; concluding period.
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
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.
Antakāla (अन्तकाल).—m.
(-laḥ) Time of death, death. E. anta end, and kāla time.
Antakāla (अन्तकाल).—[masculine] time of death.
Antakāla (अन्तकाल):—[=anta-kāla] [from anta] m. time of death, death.
Antakāla (अन्तकाल):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-laḥ) The time of death. E. anta and kāla.
Antakāla (अन्तकाल):—[anta-kāla] (laḥ) 1. m. Death.
Antakāla (अन्तकाल):—(anta + kāla) m. Todesstunde [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 4, 3, 38.] [Bhagavadgītā 2, 72. 8, 5.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 50, 23. 4, 17, 42.]
Antakāla (अन्तकाल):—m. —
1) Todesstunde [Indische sprüche 7644.] —
2) Ende der Welt [Indische studien von Weber 9,133.]
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
Antakāla (अन्तकाल):—n. time of death; last moment;
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.
Pali-English dictionary
antakāla (အန္တကာလ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[anta+kāla]
[အန္တ+ကာလ]
[Pali to Burmese]
antakāla—
(Burmese text): နောက်ဆုံး-သေခါနီး-အချိန်အခါ။
(Auto-Translation): Final moments.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Antakaladhipati, Antakalam.
Full-text: Antakalam, Parantakala, Ati-antakalam, Antkaal, Antakaladhipati, Tivantakalam, Jie jin shi, Antavela.
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Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 2.38 < [Chapter 2 - One’s Own Form of the Horās]
Verse 2.31 < [Chapter 2 - One’s Own Form of the Horās]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Conceptual study of tarpak action of lashun on garbhashay an-takala in management of artavkshaya w.s.r. to hypomenorrhea < [2023, Issue 01 January]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.32 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 65 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Shiva Gita (study and summary) (by K. V. Anantharaman)