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Kavya (poetry)

Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (Kāvya)

Ḍhakk (ढक्क्) in Prakrit (or Ḍhaṅk in Sanskrit) refers to a “cover, close”, as is mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).— (CDIAL 5574; Jacobi 1886 p. 112; Williams 1959 p. 362; JOIB XV p. 435).

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhakk (धक्क्).—1 U. (dhakkayati-te) To destroy or annihilate.

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

Dhakk (धक्क्).—[dhakka] r. 10th cl. (dhakkayati-te) To destroy or annihilate. curā0 ubha0 saka0 seṭ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhakk (धक्क्).—i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] To destroy.

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

Dhakk (धक्क्):—[class] 10. [Parasmaipada] dhakkayati, to destroy, annihilate, [Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 55.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhakk (धक्क्):—(ka) dhakkayati 10. a. To destroy.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhakk 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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Dhakk is another spelling for ढक्क [ḍhakka].—adv. to be terribly frightened; to be completely scared;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+24): Dhakka, Dhakkachala, Dhakkada, Dhakkadatana, Dhakkadeshiya, Dhakkadeya, Dhakkadeyatana, Dhakkadhimgi, Dhakkadi, Dhakkadiga, Dhakkala, Dhakkalu, Dhakkamadhakka, Dhakkamdhakka, Dhakkamukki, Dhakkan, Dhakkara, Dhakkavatthula, Dhakke, Dhakkebali.

Full-text: Aang-dhakk-phulnu, Ana-dhakka-phulnu, Dhik, Dhank.

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