Kanthasutra, Kaṇṭhasūtra, Kantha-sutra, Kamthasutra: 6 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaṇṭhasūtra (कण्ठसूत्र).—a kind of embrace; (thus defined :-yatkurvate vakṣasi vallabhasya stanābhighātaṃ nibiḍopagṛhāt | pariśramārthaṃ śanakairvidagdhā- statkaṇṭhasūtraṃ pravadanti santaḥ ||); कण्ठसूत्रमपदिश्य योषितः (kaṇṭhasūtramapadiśya yoṣitaḥ) R.19.32.
Derivable forms: kaṇṭhasūtram (कण्ठसूत्रम्).
Kaṇṭhasūtra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṇṭha and sūtra (सूत्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṇṭhasūtra (कण्ठसूत्र).—n. a kind of embracing, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 19, 32.
Kaṇṭhasūtra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṇṭha and sūtra (सूत्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kaṇṭhasūtra (कण्ठसूत्र):—[=kaṇṭha-sūtra] [from kaṇṭha] a n. a particular mode of embracing, [Raghuvaṃśa xix, 32.]
2) [v.s. ...] b n. a necklace, [Mahābhārata]
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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 corpusKaṃṭhasūtra (ಕಂಠಸೂತ್ರ):—
1) [noun] a string or necklace for the neck.
2) [noun] the thread worn by a few religious community men over the left shoulder and under the right arm; sacred thread.
3) [noun] (erotics) a particular kind in embracing.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Sutra, Kantha.
Full-text: Nidhi.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
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