Gathakara, Gāthākāra, Gatha-kara: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gāthākāra (गाथाकार).—a writer of Prākṛta verses.

Derivable forms: gāthākāraḥ (गाथाकारः).

Gāthākāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gāthā and kāra (कार).

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

Gāthākāra (गाथाकार).—m.

(-raḥ) A singer. A reciter. E. gāthā, kṛ to make, aṇ aff.

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

1) Gāthākāra (गाथाकार):—[=gāthā-kāra] [from gāthā > gā] m. author of (epic) songs or verses, [Pāṇini 3-2, 23]

2) [v.s. ...] a singer, reciter, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Gāthākāra (गाथाकार):—[gāthā-kāra] (raḥ) 1. m. A singer.

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Gathakara 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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