Kakapakshaka, Kākapakṣaka, Kaka-pakshaka: 4 definitions
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Kakapakshaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
The Sanskrit term Kākapakṣaka can be transliterated into English as Kakapaksaka or Kakapakshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
India history and geography
Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the VākāṭakasKākapakṣaka (काकपक्षक) refers to a “clusters of hair above the ears”, which was commonly seen during the reign of the Vākāṭakas (mid-3rd century CE).—Several modes of hair-dressing and coiffure are noticed in these paintings. [...] Boys generally had clusters of hair called kākapakṣakas above their ears. In some sculptures, Purṇabhadra. Pañcika and such other semi-divine beings are shown with a wig-like coiffure.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKākapakṣaka (काकपक्षक).—side-locks of hair on the temples of boys and young men (especially of the Kṣatriya caste]; kākapakṣadharametya yācitaḥ R.11.1,31,42;3.28; Uttararāmacarita 3. -padam 1 the sign (^) in Mss. denoting that something has been left out.
Derivable forms: kākapakṣakaḥ (काकपक्षकः).
Kākapakṣaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāka and pakṣaka (पक्षक). See also (synonyms): kākapakṣa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKākapakṣaka (काकपक्षक):—[=kāka-pakṣaka] [from kāka] mfn. (ifc.) idem, [Raghuvaṃśa iii, 28 and xi, 31.]
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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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Partial matches: Pakshaka, Kaka.
Full-text: Kakapaksha.
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