Atyankusha, Atyaṅkuśa: 6 definitions

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Atyankusha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Atyaṅkuśa can be transliterated into English as Atyankusa or Atyankusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Atyaṅkuśa (अत्यङ्कुश).—a. [aṅkuśamatikrāntaḥ] Past the goad, uncontrollable, unmanageable; अत्यङ्कुशमिवोद्दामं गजं मद- जलोद्धतम् । प्रधावितमहं दैवं पौरुषेण निवर्तये (atyaṅkuśamivoddāmaṃ gajaṃ mada- jaloddhatam | pradhāvitamahaṃ daivaṃ pauruṣeṇa nivartaye) || Rām.2.23.2.

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

Atyaṅkuśa (अत्यङ्कुश).—adj. unmanageable.

Atyaṅkuśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ati and aṅkuśa (अङ्कुश).

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

Atyaṅkuśa (अत्यङ्कुश):—[=aty-aṅkuśa] mfn. past or beyond the (elephant-driver’s) hook, unmanageable.

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

Atyaṅkuśa (अत्यङ्कुश):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-śaḥ-śā-śam) No more controllable by a hook, unmanageable, vicious (as an elephant). E. ati (sc. krānta) and aṅkuśa (in the sense of the accusative).

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Atyankusha 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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