Hantukama, Hantukāma: 4 definitions
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Hantukama means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationHantukāma (हन्तुकाम) refers to “being eager to pounce on and crush (each other)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.7 (“Commencement of the War”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] The gods and the demons stood in their arrays on the ground with a vast army ready to start the battle. With the bards singing their songs of praise, the armies of the gods and the Asuras shone in their eagerness to pounce on and crush (hantukāma) each other. The two armies as vast as a wild jungle roared. They were terrific to the coward and pleasing to the brave. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryHantukāma (हन्तुकाम).—[adjective] wishing to kill.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHantukāma (हन्तुकाम):—[=hantu-kāma] [from hantu > han] mf(ā)n. (hantu for tum) desirous of killing, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Hantukāma (हन्तुकाम) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ghāukāma.
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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Ends with: Nihantukama.
Full-text: Ghaukama.
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