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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Kaṇṭhagata (कण्ठगत)refers to “necking someone”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.10 (“The burning of the Tripuras”).—Accordingly, as Tārakākṣa said to Śiva: “O sage, at the bidding of Śiva, those Asuras were burnt and reduced to ashes by the fire even as they were muttering thus. [...] Just as the universe is burnt at the end of a Kalpa so also every thing and every one there, whether woman or man or vehicles, was reduced to ashes by that fire. Some women were forced to leave their husbands necking them (kaṇṭhagata) and were burnt by the fire. Some were sleeping, some were intoxicated and some were exhausted after their sexual dalliance. All were burnt.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kaṇṭhagata (कंठगत).—a (S kaṇṭha & gata Gone.) Attached to the neck or throat--an ornament. 2 Seated in the throat: also come up into the throat.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kaṇṭhagata (कंठगत).—a Having a thing at one's fin- gers' ends-as some information or knowledge.

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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 dictionary

Kaṇṭhāgata (कण्ठागत).—a. come to the throat (as the breath or soul of a dying person).

Kaṇṭhāgata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṇṭha and āgata (आगत).

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Kaṇṭhagata (कण्ठगत).—a.

1) being at or in the throat, coming to the throat; i. e. on the point of departing; न वदेद्यावनीं भाषां प्राणैः कण्ठगतैरपि (na vadedyāvanīṃ bhāṣāṃ prāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhagatairapi) Subhāṣ; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.296.

2) approaching or reaching the throat.

Kaṇṭhagata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṇṭha and gata (गत).

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

Kaṇṭhāgata (कण्ठागत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Come in to the throat, (breath, &c.) E. kaṇṭha, and āgata come.

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

Kaṇṭhagata (कण्ठगत).—[adjective] the same, being at or in the throat, cf. kaṇṭhavartin.

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

1) Kaṇṭhagata (कण्ठगत):—[=kaṇṭha-gata] [from kaṇṭha] mfn. being at or in the throat, reaching the throat, [Rāmāyaṇa; Pañcatantra; Ratnāvalī etc.]

2) Kaṇṭhāgata (कण्ठागत):—[from kaṇṭha] mfn. come to the throat (as the breath or soul of a dying person), [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Kaṇṭhāgata (कण्ठागत):—[kaṇṭhā+gata] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Come into the throat (dying breath.)

[Sanskrit to German]

Kanthagata 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kaṃṭhagata (ಕಂಠಗತ):—

1) [adjective] reaching the neck or being neck-high.

2) [adjective] being in an inescapable, dangerous situation.

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Kaṃṭhagata (ಕಂಠಗತ):—[noun] a bad or dangerous situation that cannot be escaped from or avoided.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Gata, Agata, Kantha.

Starts with: Kamthagatasu, Kamthagavayu, Kanthagataprana.

Full-text: Kanthavartin, Kantha.

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