Dhataka, Dhātaka, Dhaṭaka: 7 definitions
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Dhataka 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Dhātaka (धातक).—One of the two sons of Savana, who was the grandson of Svāyambhuva Manu, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 74. Savana was the son son of Priyavrata, who was a son of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being. Dhātaka ruled over the region Dhātakīkhaṇḍa.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Dhaṭaka (धटक).—A kind of weight equal to 42 Guñjās or Raktikas; तुल्या यवाभ्यां कथितात्र गुञ्जा वल्लस्त्रिगुञ्जो धरणं च तेऽष्टौ । गद्यानकस्तद्द्वयमिन्द्रतुल्यैर्वल्लैस्तथैवं धटकः प्रदिष्टः (tulyā yavābhyāṃ kathitātra guñjā vallastriguñjo dharaṇaṃ ca te'ṣṭau | gadyānakastaddvayamindratulyairvallaistathaivaṃ dhaṭakaḥ pradiṣṭaḥ) || Līlā.
Derivable forms: dhaṭakaḥ (धटकः).
Dhaṭaka (धटक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A weight of forty-two Rattis.
1) Dhaṭaka (धटक):—[from dhaṭa] m. a kind of weight = 14 Vallasor 42 Raktikās, [Līlāvatī of bhāskara]
2) Dhātaka (धातक):—n. = dhāṭī, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
Dhaṭaka (धटक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. 42 rettis.
Dhaṭaka (धटक):—m. ein best. Gewicht, = 14 Valla = 42 Raktikā [LĪLĀVATĪ im Śabdakalpadruma] dhátaka bei [Algebra 2] wohl nur Druckfehler für d'hat'aka. — dhaṭikā beim [Scholiast] zu [Bhaṭṭikavya 3, 5] wohl nur Druckfehler für ghaṭikā .
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Dhātaka (धातक):—s. u. dhaṭaka .
Dhaṭaka (धटक):——
1) m. ein best. Gewicht. —
2) f. dhaṭikā fehlerhaft für ghaṭikā.
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Dhātaka (धातक):—n. = dhāṭī [Galano's Wörterbuch] — dhātakī s.u. dhātaki.
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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Full-text: Abhidhataka, Dassayati, Dhatakikhanda, Savana, Dhataki.
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Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
Page 183 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Page 179 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Page 150 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 607 < [Hindi-Gujarati-English Volume 1]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 37 - Bhuvanakośa: Evolution of the Universe < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 44 - Description of the Divyas (Ordeals) < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Vyavaharamala: a text on Indian jurisprudence (by P. V. Rajee)