Dantaka: 11 definitions
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Dantaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationDantaka (दन्तक) refers to the “tusks (of an elephant)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.17 (“The Resuscitation of Gaṇeśa”).—Accordingly, after Śiva spoke to the Gods: “Then they carried out Śiva’s behests and acted accordingly. They brought the headless body of Gaṇeśa and washed it well. They paid homage to it and started towards the north. It was a single-tusked elephant (eka-dantaka) that they met. They took the head and fitted it to the body. After joining it, the gods bowed to Śiva, Viṣṇu and Brahmā and spoke—‘What has been ordered by you has been carried out by us. Let the task left incomplete be performed now’”.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryDantaka, a pin of tooth or ivory; makara° the tooth of a sword-fish Vin.II, 113, 117; IV, 47. See details under makara. (Page 314)
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDantaka (दन्तक).—a. paying attention to one's teeth.
-kaḥ 1 A tooth (at the end of comp.); see दन्त (danta).
2) A peak, summit.
3) A pin or shelf projecting from a wall, bracket.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDāntaka (दान्तक).—(-dāntaka) (dānta plus -ka, svārthe?), tamed, controlled: sarvadānta-sudāntaka (voc.) (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 4.29 (verse), perhaps m.c.; or perhaps specifying -ka, you who are the one that is well controlled among all controlled ones! In a formulaic passage in which most lines end in vocs. in -ka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDantaka (दन्तक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A crooked peak or projecting in a rock or mountain. 2. A bracket, a pin or shelf projection from a wall. 3. A tooth. kan implying resemblance, added to danta .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDantaka (दन्तक).—[-danta + ka], a substitute for danta when latter part of comp. words, e. g. kṛmi-, m. Caries of the teeth, [Suśruta] 1, 93, 4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDantaka (दन्तक).—(adj. —°) tooth.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dantaka (दन्तक):—[from danta] ifc. ‘a tooth’ See a-, kṛmi-, śyāva-
2) [v.s. ...] m. a projection in a rock, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] ‘a pin projecting from a wall’ See nāga-
4) [v.s. ...] mfn. paying attention to one’s teeth, [Pāṇini v, 2, 66 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
5) Dāntaka (दान्तक):—[from dānta] mf(ī)n. idem, [Rāmāyaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDantaka (दन्तक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A crooked peak; a bracket or shelf; a tooth.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+1): Damtakapalike, Damtakate, Damtakathe, Dantakadi, Dantakalaha, Dantakanda, Dantakantaka, Dantakanti, Dantakanvoshana, Dantakara, Dantakaraka, Dantakarshana, Dantakasa, Dantakasai, Dantakasala, Dantakasava, Dantakashtha, Dantakashthabhakshana, Dantakashthaka, Dantakatha.
Ends with (+5): Adantaka, Bahudantaka, Dadantaka, Dirghadantaka, Dviradantaka, Ekadantaka, Gadantaka, Ghanadantaka, Hastidantaka, Jagadantaka, Kaladantaka, Krimidantaka, Makaradantaka, Medantaka, Nagadantaka, Nudantaka, Pushpadantaka, Rodantaka, Shreshthadantaka, Shuddhadantaka.
Full-text: Nagadantaka, Krimidantaka, Vishadantaka, Hastidantaka, Vajidantaka, Bahudantaka, Shyavadantaka, Adantaka, Pushpadantaka, Kaladantaka, Nagadantika, Dantika, Makaradantaka.
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