Karakisalaya, Kara-kisalaya: 6 definitions
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Karakisalaya (करकिसलय).—
1) 'sprout-like hand', a tender hand; करकिसलयतालैर्मुग्धया नर्त्यमानम् (karakisalayatālairmugdhayā nartyamānam) Uttararāmacarita 3.19; Ṛtusaṃhāra 6.3.
2) a finger.
Derivable forms: karakisalayaḥ (करकिसलयः), karakisalayam (करकिसलयम्).
Karakisalaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kara and kisalaya (किसलय).
Karakisalaya (करकिसलय).—n. a finger, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Karakisalaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kara and kisalaya (किसलय).
Karakisalaya (करकिसलय).—[neuter] finger (lit. shoot of the hand).
1) Karakisalaya (करकिसलय):—[=kara-kisalaya] [from kara] m. n. ‘hand-bud’, the hand closed in the form of a bud, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] ‘hand-shoot’, the finger, [Ṛtusaṃhāra; Daśakumāra-carita]
Karakisalaya (करकिसलय):—(kara + ki) m. n. Finger (Handspross) gaṇa vyāghrādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 56.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 6, 29.] [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 191, 18.]
Karakisalaya (करकिसलय):—und karakuḍmala n. Finger.
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 (+0): Kishalaya, Kara.
Full-text (+0): Kisalayakara, Karapallava, Kishalaya.
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