Draunika, Drauṇika: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDrauṇika (द्रौणिक).—a. (-kī f.)
1) Containing a droṇa.
2) Sown with a droṇa of grain (as a field).
-kī A vessel holding the measure droṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDrauṇika (द्रौणिक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Sown with a Drona of grain, (fields, &c.) f. (kī) A vessel holding a Drona by measure. E. droṇa the measure, ṭhañ or ṭhan affix; also with aṇ and ṅīṣ affixes in the last sense. drauṇī .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDrauṇika (द्रौणिक).—i. e. droṇa + ika, I. adj., f. kī, Containing a Droṇa (see droṇa Ii.), e. g. pañcadrauṇika, i. e. pañcan-droṇa + ika, Containing five Droṇas, Mahābhārata 2, 2091. Ii. (m. or n.), A field which may be sown with a Droṇa of grain, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 3, 33.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Drauṇika (द्रौणिक):—[from drauṇa > droṇa] mf(ī)n. = drauṇa [gana] niṣkādi
2) [v.s. ...] (with or [scilicet] kṣetra) a field sown with a D° of grain, [Pāṇini 5-1, 45], [Kāśikā-vṛtti]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDrauṇika (द्रौणिक):—[(kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a.] Sown with a Drona of grain. f. A vessel holding a Drona.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDrauṇika (ದ್ರೌಣಿಕ):—[noun] a measure of land (i.e. that much of land which requires a ದ್ರೋಣ [drona] (four koḷagas) of corn for being sown with).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Arddhadraunika, Ardhadraunika, Pancadraunika, Vrihidraunika.
Full-text: Ardhadraunika, Arddhadraunika, Vrihidraunika, Pancadraunika, Vrihidrona.
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