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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Jala-kara.—(IE 8-5; EI 4), ‘water-tax’ paid for fishing rights, etc., in tanks, lakes and rivers; sometimes wrongly read as jāta-kara (Ep. Ind., Vol. VIII, p. 157, note 1). Note: jala-kara is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jalākara (जलाकर).—a spring, fountain, well.

Derivable forms: jalākaraḥ (जलाकरः).

Jalākara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and ākara (आकर).

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Jalakara (जलकर).—a. making or pouring forth water.

-raḥ tax for water.

Jalakara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and kara (कर).

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

Jalakara (जलकर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) Making or shedding water. m.

(-raḥ) Rent or tax derived from water, for fisheries, &c. E. jala, and kara tax or what makes.

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Jalākara (जलाकर).—m.

(-raḥ) A piece of water, a spring, a fountain. E. jala, and ākara a mine.

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

1) Jalakara (जलकर):—[=jala-kara] [from jala] mfn. making or pouring forth water, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] m. tax derived from water (id est. from fisheries etc.), [Horace H. Wilson]

3) Jalākara (जलाकर):—[from jala] m. water-source, spring, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) Jālakāra (जालकार):—[=jāla-kāra] [from jāla] m. ‘web-maker’, a spider, [Kathāsaritsāgara lxx, ci.]

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

1) Jalakara (जलकर):—[jala-kara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Making water. m. Tax or rent for fisheries, &c.

2) Jalākara (जलाकर):—[jalā+kara] (raḥ) 1. m. A fountain.

[Sanskrit to German]

Jalakara 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jalākara (ಜಲಾಕರ):—

1) [noun] a water tank, pond etc.

2) [noun] a spring; a fountain.

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Jālakāṟa (ಜಾಲಕಾಱ):—[noun] = ಜಾಲಗಾರ [jalagara]2.

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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: Jala, Akara, Kara.

Starts with: Jalakaraka, Jalakaranka, Jalakarantram.

Full-text: Kacchapa, Jata-kara, Matsy-akara, Jalna, Vatodariya, Jalana, Ghar.

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