Indrakosha, Indrakośa, Indra-kosha, Indrakoṣa, Imdrakosha: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Indrakośa and Indrakoṣa can be transliterated into English as Indrakosa or Indrakosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIndrakośa (इन्द्रकोश) or Indrakoṣa (इन्द्रकोष).—
1) a couch, sofa, which is generally made up of covering pieces of perforated wooden planks; cf. अट्टालक- प्रतोलीमध्ये त्रिधानुष्काधिष्ठानं-इन्द्रकोशं कारयेत् (aṭṭālaka- pratolīmadhye tridhānuṣkādhiṣṭhānaṃ-indrakośaṃ kārayet) Kau. A.2.3.
2) a platform.
3) a projection of the roof of a house.
4) A pin or bracket projecting from the wall (nāgadanta). A projection of the roof of a house forming a kind of balcony; Kau. A.24.
Derivable forms: indrakośaḥ (इन्द्रकोशः), indrakoṣaḥ (इन्द्रकोषः).
Indrakośa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and kośa (कोश). See also (synonyms): indrakoṣaka, indrakoṣṭha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndrakoṣa (इन्द्रकोष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) 1. A platform, a scaffold. 2. A projection of the roof of a house, forming a kind of balcony or terrace. 2. A pin or bracket projecting from the wall. E. indra best, and koṣa a place.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Indrakośa (इन्द्रकोश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Rājendrakośa.
2) Indrakośa (इन्द्रकोश):—med. by Rāmacandra, son of Prabhākara. Ulwar 1657. Extr. 424.
Indrakośa has the following synonyms: Rājendrakośa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Indrakośa (इन्द्रकोश):—[=indra-kośa] [from indra] m. a platform
2) [v.s. ...] a scaffold
3) [v.s. ...] a projection of the roof of a house, a kind of balcony or terrace
4) [v.s. ...] a pin or bracket projecting from the wall, [Rāmāyaṇa] and, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Indrakoṣa (इन्द्रकोष):—[=indra-koṣa] [from indra] m. a platform
6) [v.s. ...] a scaffold
7) [v.s. ...] a projection of the roof of a house, a kind of balcony or terrace
8) [v.s. ...] a pin or bracket projecting from the wall, [Rāmāyaṇa] and, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndrakoṣa (इन्द्रकोष):—[indra-koṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. A platform; a terrace; a bracket.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusIṃdrakōśa (ಇಂದ್ರಕೋಶ):—
1) [noun] a comfortable seat or couch.
2) [noun] an article of furniture, used to sleep on; a cot.
3) [noun] a raised flooring or stage for speakers or performers etc; a platform.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Kosha, Indra, Koca.
Starts with: Indrakoshaka.
Full-text: Indrakoshaka, Indrakoshtha, Rajendrakosha, Ramacandra.
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