Hiraka, Hīraka: 12 definitions
Introduction:
Hiraka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Hirak.
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Pali-English dictionary
hīraka : (nt.) a splinter; a stripe.
Hīraka, (hīra+ka, cp. lexic. Sk. hīraka “diamond”) a splinter; tāla° “palm-splinter, ” a name for a class of worms Vism.258. (Page 732)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
hiraka (हिरक).—f A common term for the concentric grooves or furrows made in a ghiraṭa or wooden handmill.
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hirakā (हिरका).—m (hīra) A fibre of certain kinds of wood (as of māḍa, tāḍa, suramāḍa, vēḷū, pōphaḷa): also a line as observable running along wood generally. 2 A fibre, string, thread &c. of certain stringy preparations of flour.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Hīraka (हीरक).—A diamond.
Derivable forms: hīrakaḥ (हीरकः).
Hīraka (हीरक).—m.
(-kaḥ) The diamond. E. kan added to the last.
Hīraka (हीरक).—[substantive] diamond.
1) Hīraka (हीरक):—[from hīra] m. or n. a diamond (the gem is supposed to be presided over by Śukra or Venus), [Pañcarātra]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of metre (= hīra), [Colebrooke]
Hīraka (हीरक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. The diamond.
Hīraka (हीरक):—
1) m. n. Diamant [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 186.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 9, 31.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1065.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 1, 73.] vidhi [Oxforder Handschriften 320,b, No. 760.] —
2) ein best. Metrum, = hīra [Colebrooke 2, 157 (39).]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Hīraka (हीरक) [Also spelled hirak]:—(nm) a diamond; —[jayaṃtī] diamond jubilee.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Hīraka (ಹೀರಕ):—[noun] = ಹೀರ - [hira -] 1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Hīraka (हीरक):—n. → हीरा [hīrā]
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Hiraka-jayanti, Hirakalasha, Hirakani, Hirakarya, Hirakasa, Hirakashi.
Full-text: Hiraka-jayanti, Hirak, Hirak-jainti, Pancaratna, Hira.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 396 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 397 < [Hindi-Gujarati-English Volume 3]
Page 393 < [Hindi-Kannada-English Volume 3]
Mayamata and Building Construction (study) (by Ripan Ghosh)
Part 7.3 - Kalaśa-lakṣaṇa (Bell capital, architectural details) < [Chapter 4 - Pre-arrangement of Building Construction]
Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
2.6. Finger Ornaments (b): Hīraka < [Chapter 3 - Ornaments]
Krishna Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami (by Kusakratha Prabhu)
Verse 106.59 < [Anuccheda 106]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 243 - Greatness of Mantrāvali Kṣetrapāla < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]