Kantakila, Kaṇṭakila: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaṇṭakila (कण्टकिल).—Bamboo.

Derivable forms: kaṇṭakilaḥ (कण्टकिलः).

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Kaṇṭakila (कण्टकिल).—A thorny kind of bamboo.

Derivable forms: kaṇṭakilaḥ (कण्टकिलः).

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

Kaṇṭakila (कण्टकिल).—m.

(-laḥ) A thorny kind of bamboo, (Bambusa spinosa, Rox.)

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

Kaṇṭakila (कण्टकिल):—[from kaṇṭa] m. Bambusa Spinosa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kaṇṭākila (कण्टाकिल):—(laḥ) 1. m. A thorny kind of bamboo.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kaṇṭakila (कण्टकिल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kaṃṭaila.

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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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