The Sanskrit term Durakṣara can be transliterated into English as Duraksara or Durakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Durakṣara (दुरक्षर).—an evil word; श्रुतिं ममाविश्य भवद्दुरक्षरं सृजत्यदः कीटकवदुत्कटा रुजः (śrutiṃ mamāviśya bhavaddurakṣaraṃ sṛjatyadaḥ kīṭakavadutkaṭā rujaḥ) N.9.63.

Derivable forms: durakṣaram (दुरक्षरम्).

Durakṣara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and akṣara (अक्षर).

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

Durakṣara (दुरक्षर):—[=dur-akṣara] [from dur] n. an evil word, [Naiṣadha-carita ix, 63.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Durakṣara (दुरक्षर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Durakkhara.

[Sanskrit to German]

Durakshara in German

context information

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 corpus

Durakṣara (ದುರಕ್ಷರ):—[noun] (fig.) ill-fate; bad luck.

context information

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)

Partial matches: Akshara, Dur.

Full-text: Durakkhara.

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