Garbhashanku, Garbhaśaṅku, Garbha-shanku: 7 definitions

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Garbhashanku means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

The Sanskrit term Garbhaśaṅku can be transliterated into English as Garbhasanku or Garbhashanku, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Garbhashanku in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

garbhaśaṅku (गर्भशंकु).—m S An instrument for extracting a dead fœtus.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Garbhashanku in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Garbhaśaṅku (गर्भशङ्कु).—a kind of instrument for extracting the dead fœtus.

Derivable forms: garbhaśaṅkuḥ (गर्भशङ्कुः).

Garbhaśaṅku is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms garbha and śaṅku (शङ्कु).

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

Garbhaśaṅku (गर्भशङ्कु).—m.

(-ṅkuḥ) A kind of vectis or instrument for extracting the dead fœtus. E. garbha and śaṅku a probe.

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

Garbhaśaṅku (गर्भशङ्कु):—[=garbha-śaṅku] [from garbha] m. an instrument for extracting the dead foetus.

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

Garbhaśaṅku (गर्भशङ्कु):—[garbha-śaṅku] (ṅkuḥ) 2. m. A womb-probe.

[Sanskrit to German]

Garbhashanku 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.

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