Kanakahva, Kanakāhva, Kanaka-ahva: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kanakāhva (कनकाह्व).—the धत्तूर (dhattūra) tree.

-hvam = नागकेशर (nāgakeśara).

Derivable forms: kanakāhvaḥ (कनकाह्वः).

Kanakāhva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kanaka and āhva (आह्व).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kanakāhva (कनकाह्व).—m.

(-hvaḥ) A tree with golden or yellow blossoms, (Mesua ferrea.) E. kanaka, and āhvā appellation.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kanakāhva (कनकाह्व):—[from kanaka > kan] n. the blossom of Mesua Ferrea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kanakāhva (कनकाह्व):—[kanakā+hva] (hvaḥ) 1. m. Messua ferrea.

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Kanakahva in German

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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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