Kakabali, Kākabali: 6 definitions
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Kakabali means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKākabali (काकबलि).—The vāyasa in aindra, vāruṇa, vāyavya and nairṛta directions.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 111. 40.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykākabali (काकबलि).—m (S) pop. kākabaḷa & kākabaḷī f Rice (remaining of an oblation to the inferior deities &c.) thrown out to the crows.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKākabali (काकबलि):—[=kāka-bali] [from kāka] m. ‘crow-offering’, Name of the Bali-karaṇa or offerings of food for crows and other animals, [Religious Thought and Life in India p.329.]
[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 corpusKākabali (ಕಾಕಬಲಿ):—[noun] an offering of food to crows.
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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Full-text: Kagabala.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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