Cakratunda, Cakratuṇḍa, Cakra-tunda: 4 definitions
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Cakratunda 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCakratuṇḍa (चक्रतुण्ड).—a kind of fish; रोहितांश्चक्रतुण्डांश्च नलमीनांश्च राघव (rohitāṃścakratuṇḍāṃśca nalamīnāṃśca rāghava) Rām.3.73.14.
Derivable forms: cakratuṇḍaḥ (चक्रतुण्डः).
Cakratuṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cakra and tuṇḍa (तुण्ड).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Cakratuṇḍa (चक्रतुण्ड):—[=cakra-tuṇḍa] [from cakra] m. (kra-) ‘circular-beaked’, a kind of mythical being, [Suparṇādhyāya xxiii, 4]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of fish, [Rāmāyaṇa (B) iii, 73, 14.]
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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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