Jivantaka, Jīvāntaka, Jiva-antaka, Jivamtaka: 8 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJīvāntaka (जीवान्तक).—
1) a birdcatcher, fowler.
2) a murderer, slayer.
Derivable forms: jīvāntakaḥ (जीवान्तकः).
Jīvāntaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jīva and antaka (अन्तक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryJīvantaka (जीवन्तक).—f. °tikā (pres. pple. of Sanskrit jīvati with a-extension plus ka svārthe), living: (prāṇaka) Mahāvastu i.24.3, 16, living creatures; °tikā evaṃ vivarjitā Mahāvastu i.353.19, abandoned alive: all prose.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryJīvāntaka (जीवान्तक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A fowler, a bird-catcher. 2. A destroyer of life, a slayer, a murderer. E. jīva a living being, and antaka a destroyer; also sometimes written jīvantika.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jīvāntaka (जीवान्तक):—[from jīva > jīv] m. ‘life-destroyer’, a fowler, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] murderer, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) Jīvantaka (जीवन्तक):—[from jīv] m. = va-śāka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryJīvāntaka (जीवान्तक):—[jīvā+ntaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A fowler.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusJīvāṃtaka (ಜೀವಾಂತಕ):—
1) [noun] (masc.) a catcher or hunter of birds.
2) [noun] a man who kills or treats others or animals brutally.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Jiva, Antaka.
Starts with: Jivantakala.
Full-text: Jivantika.
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