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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Bhīkara (भीकर) refers to a “terrible fight”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.17 (“The fight between Viṣṇu and Jalandhara”).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumāra narrated to Vyāsa: “[...] The entire universe, filled with the terrible shouts of the Asura Jalandhara, quaked. Then a great battle ensued between Viṣṇu and Jalandhara, the ruler of Asuras, both filling up the sky with their arrows. O sage, gods, Asuras, sages and the Siddhas were very much surprised at the terrible mutual clash (bhīkara) [bhīkareṇātivismayaḥ] between the two. [...]”.

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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

bhikāra (भिकार).—n (bhīka) A crowd or multitude of beggars: also beggars considered collectively.

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bhikāra (भिकार).—a (bhīka) Poor, wretched, beggarly, devoid of the common comforts of life--a country, town, village: also poor or beggarly in various applications; as bhi0 rājya-jamīna-bāga-daulata-pīka-haṅgāma &c. See the compounds following.

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

bhikāra (भिकार).—a Poor, beggarly. n A crowd of beggars.

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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

Bhīkara (भीकर).—a. causing fear.

Bhīkara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhī and kara (कर).

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

Bhīkara (भीकर):—[=bhī-kara] mfn. causing fear, [Rāmāyaṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhikara 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bhīkara (ಭೀಕರ):—[adjective] causing intense fear or fright; frightful.

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Bhīkara (ಭೀಕರ):—[noun] that which causes intense fear or fright; a frightful thing.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bhi, Kaara, Kara.

Starts with: Bhikarabhompala, Bhikarabuddhi, Bhikaracala, Bhikaraceshta, Bhikaraconta, Bhikarada, Bhikaradasavara Hundi, Bhikarahada, Bhikarahata, Bhikarakama, Bhikarakhana, Bhikaralada, Bhikaralakshana, Bhikaranem, Bhikarapentha, Bhikarasauda, Bhikaratokara, Bhikaravada, Bhikaravade, Bhikaravikari.

Full-text: Shikara, Pikaram, Bhikaranem, Kathevadi, Bhadangabhikara.

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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)

Page 468 < [Volume 24 (1918)]

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