Kakalaka, Kākalaka: 8 definitions
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Kakalaka 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
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsKākalaka (काकलक):—[kākalaṃ/kākalakaṃ] Uvula. Small soft structure hanging from free edge of soft pallate in the midline above the root of the tounge
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykākalaka (काकलक).—n S The prominence of the larynx, Adam's apple.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKākalaka (काकलक).—1 The top of the windpipe. लौकिकमास्यं ओष्ठात्प्रभृति प्राक् काकलकात् (laukikamāsyaṃ oṣṭhātprabhṛti prāk kākalakāt) Mahābhārata on P.I.1.9.
2) The thyroid cartilage.
-kaḥ 1 An ornament of the neck.
2) A kind of rice.
Derivable forms: kākalakaḥ (काकलकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKākalaka (काकलक).—m.
(-kaḥ) An ornament of the neck. E. kan added the preceding.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kākalaka (काकलक):—[from kākala] n. the larynx, thyroid cartilage, [Patañjali (vol. i, p.61); Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] an ornament of the neck, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of rice, [Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKākalaka (काकलक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Idem.
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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.
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