Kalapuccha, Kālapuccha, Kala-puccha: 4 definitions
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Kalapuccha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Kalapuchchha.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālapuccha (कालपुच्छ).—m. a certain animal.
Kālapuccha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and puccha (पुच्छ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kālapuccha (कालपुच्छ):—[=kāla-puccha] [from kāla] m. a species of animal living in marshes, [Suśruta] (cf. asita-pucchaka)
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of sparrow, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]
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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: Puccha, Kala.
Starts with: Kalapucchaka.
Full-text: Kalapucchaka.
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