Grihakapotaka, Gṛhakapotaka, Griha-kapotaka: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Gṛhakapotaka can be transliterated into English as Grhakapotaka or Grihakapotaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Gṛhakapotaka (गृहकपोतक).—a tame or domestic pigeon; Śiśupālavadha 4.52.
Derivable forms: gṛhakapotakaḥ (गृहकपोतकः).
Gṛhakapotaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gṛha and kapotaka (कपोतक). See also (synonyms): gṛhakapota.
Gṛhakapotaka (गृहकपोतक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A pigeon, a tame or domestic pigeon. E. gṛha a house, and kapotaka a dove or pigeon.
Gṛhakapotaka (गृहकपोतक).—[masculine] *domestic pigeon.
Gṛhakapotaka (गृहकपोतक):—[=gṛha-kapotaka] [from gṛha > gṛbh] m. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Gṛhakapotaka (गृहकपोतक):—[gṛha-kapotaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A pigeon.
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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Partial matches: Griha, Kapotaka.
Full-text: Grihakapota.
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