Dantakura, Danta-kura, Dantakūra: 5 definitions
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India history and geography
Dantakura (दन्तकुर).—The Jātakas also refer to the capital city of Kaliṅga which was Dantapuranagara which is probably identical with Dantakura mentioned in the Mahābhārata, Dantapura of inscriptions.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Dantakūra (दन्तकूर).—fight (kūramannaṃ dantāḥ krodhāveśāt kūravaccarvyante'sminniti saṅgrāmaḥ Com. of nīlakaṇṭha); माद्रीपुत्रः सहदेवः कलिङ्गान् समागतानजयद् दन्तकूरे (mādrīputraḥ sahadevaḥ kaliṅgān samāgatānajayad dantakūre) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.23.24.
Derivable forms: dantakūraḥ (दन्तकूरः).
Dantakūra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms danta and kūra (कूर).
Dantakūra (दन्तकूर):—[=danta-kūra] [from danta] Name of a place, [Mahābhārata v, 23, 24 and 48, 76.]
Dantakūra (दन्तकूर):—Nomen proprium einer Localität [Mahābhārata 5, 708. 1883.]
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Dantakūra (दन्तकूर):—, [Nīlakaṇṭha] zu [Mahābhārata 5, 708] : dantakūre kūramannaṃ dantāḥ krodhāveśātkūravaccarvyante sminniti dantakūraḥ saṃgrāmaḥ tasminnasyaṃkṣipan .
Dantakūra (दन्तकूर):—[Mahābhārata 7,23,24.48,76] wohlNomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit. Nach [Nīlakaṇṭha] dieses oder eine Schlacht mit Zähneknirschen.
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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