Gajamauktika, Gaja-mauktika: 6 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGajamauktika (गजमौक्तिक).—a pearl supposed to be found in the kumbhas or projections on the forehead of an elephant; घर्मजनितपुलकेन लसद्भजमौक्तिकावलिगुणेन वक्षसा (gharmajanitapulakena lasadbhajamauktikāvaliguṇena vakṣasā) Kirātārjunīya 12.4.
Derivable forms: gajamauktikam (गजमौक्तिकम्).
Gajamauktika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaja and mauktika (मौक्तिक). See also (synonyms): gajamuktā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGajamauktika (गजमौक्तिक).—n. pearls which are supposed to be in the frontal globes of the elephant, [Kirātārjunīya] 12, 41.
Gajamauktika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaja and mauktika (मौक्तिक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGajamauktika (गजमौक्तिक):—[=gaja-mauktika] [from gaja > gaj] n. = -muktā, [Kirātārjunīya xii, 41.]
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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 corpusGajamauktika (ಗಜಮೌಕ್ತಿಕ):—[noun] a pearl that is believed to be in the head of an elephant.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Gaja, Mauktika.
Full-text: Gajamukta.
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