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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bheruṇḍaka (भेरुण्डक).—A jackal.

Derivable forms: bheruṇḍakaḥ (भेरुण्डकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Bheruṇḍaka (भेरुण्डक) or Bheraṇḍa or Bheraṇḍaka.—m. (Pali bheraṇḍaka, jackal according to Jātaka (Pali) commentary v.276.9; the form bheruṇḍa, cited by Burnouf, Lotus 371, is read bheruṇḍaka in our Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, and has, doubtless by chance, not been noted else- where in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit]), some sort of beast of prey which makes a terrible sound (Mahāvastu ii.140.15 °ḍa-bhairava [mss. bhīrava, bhīruva]-ruteṣu; iii.123.9; 264.12) and eats human flesh (Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 83.11; 85.13); Tibetan renders variously, on Mahāvyutpatti 4785 spyaṅ (wolf) or ce spyaṅ (jackal, according to [Tibetan-English Dictionary] also fox); on Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 83.11 ce spyaṅ, on 85.13 and 86.12 lce spyaṅ (= ce spyaṅ); on Lalitavistara 306.6 wa (fox, but compare wa spyaṅ, jackal); the word śṛgāla, jackal, is probably a different animal, since it is closely associated with our word in Lalitavistara 306.6; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 83.11 and 86.12; in Lalitavistara, where Tibetan wa renders our word, śṛgāla is rendered by ce spyaṅ, while in the two Saddharmapuṇḍarīka passages the reverse is the case, wa rendering śṛgāla! Kern on Saddharmapuṇḍarīka renders hyena, a plausible guess. Forms: bheraṇḍa Mahāvastu ii.140.15; °ḍaka Mahāvastu iii.123.9 (both verses); bheruṇḍaka Mahāvyutpatti 4785; Mahāvastu iii.264.12 (prose); Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 83.11; 85.13; 86.12 (all verses); Lalitavistara 306.6 (prose). In Deśīnāmamālā 6.108 bheruṇḍa is defined dīvī (= dvīpin; commentary citrakaḥ); the hyena is ‘spotted’, as well as the leopard.

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

Bheruṇḍaka (भेरुण्डक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A jackal.

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Bherundaka 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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