Karanka, Karamka, Karaṅka: 14 definitions

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Karanka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Karaṅka (करङ्क).—Attacked with four other commanders the Śakti army using illusory sarpiṇī (reptiles). The Śaktis sent out nakulis which put an end to all reptiles.*

  • * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 21. 77; 23. 4-98.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
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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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India history and geography

Karaṅka.—(EI 30), a cup made of coconut shell, used in measuring liquids; a karaṅka measure; also the same as tāmbūla- karaṅka (the king's betel-box). Cf. Karaṅkika. Note: karaṅka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary
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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Karaṅka (करङ्क).—

1) A skeleton.

2) The skull; प्रेतरङ्कः करङ्कादङ्कस्थादस्थिसंस्थं स्थपुटगतमपि क्रव्यमव्यग्रमत्ति (pretaraṅkaḥ karaṅkādaṅkasthādasthisaṃsthaṃ sthapuṭagatamapi kravyamavyagramatti) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.16; also 5.19; प्रेतरङ्कोऽङ्कमारोप्य करङ्कमकुतोभयः (pretaraṅko'ṅkamāropya karaṅkamakutobhayaḥ) Śiva. B.14.79.

3) A small pot (of cocoa-nut); a small box, as in ताम्बूलकरङ्कवाहिनी (tāmbūlakaraṅkavāhinī) (used in Kādambarī); cf. also रौप्यान् रौक्मांश्च पर्यङ्कान्, करङ्कांश्च पतद्ग्रहान् (raupyān raukmāṃśca paryaṅkān, karaṅkāṃśca patadgrahān) Śiva. B.17.43.

4) A kind of sugar-cane.

5) Any bone of the body.

Derivable forms: karaṅkaḥ (करङ्कः).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karaṅka (करङ्क).—nt. (in Sanskrit skull; in [Jaina Māhārāṣṭrī] skeleton, heap of bones, also bone in general), skeleton or heap of bones: Mahāvastu iii.297.1 sarvaṃ khāditaṃ, asthikaraṅkāni avaśeṣīkṛtāni; 14 hasti-karaṅkāni cāśvakaraṅkāni ca; 16 karaṅkāny evāvaśeṣitāni; 298.1, 2; Lalitavistara 174.4 (verse; text doubtful, compare citation Śikṣāsamuccaya 204.14, and Lefm.'s Crit. App.), read prob- ably: yatha śvāna karaṅka (n. pl.) śavair amukhā (?); Lalitavistara 207.7 (prose) (iha te bālā) adhyavaśitāḥ (read °sitāḥ) kukkurā ivāsthikaraṅkamadhye.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Karaṅka (करङ्क).—m.

(-ṅkaḥ) 1. The head. 2. A cocoanut hollowed so as to form a cup or vessel. 3. Any bone of the body. 4. A kind of sugar-cane. E. kṝ to send or throw, &c. aṃka aff.

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

Karaṅka (करङ्क).—m. The skull, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 79, 18.

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

Karaṅka (करङ्क).—[masculine] skull or head.

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

1) Karaṅka (करङ्क):—m. the skull, head, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Mālatīmādhava]

2) a cocoa-nut hollowed to form a cup or vessel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) a kind of sugar-cane (cf. the next), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) any bone of the body, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) cf. [Greek] κάρυον, κέρας, καρκίνος; [Latin] carina, cornu, cancer; [English] horn; cf. karka.

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

Karaṅka (करङ्क):—(ṅkaḥ) 1. m. A cocoanut hollowed so as to form a cup; the head; a bone; sugar.

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

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Karanka in German

Karaṅka (करङ्क) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Karaṃka.

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

1) Karaṃka (करंक) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Karaṅka.

2) Karaṃka (करंक) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Karaṅka.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary
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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Karaṃka (ಕರಂಕ):—

1) [noun] a hard internal or external framework of bones, cartilage, shell, woody fibre, etc., supporting or containing the body of an animal; the skeleton.

2) [noun] the bony case of the brain of a vertebrate; the skull.

3) [noun] a coconut shell used as a container or ladle.

4) [noun] a small often ornamental box or chest for jewels, letters, etc. or for keeping collyrium, vermilion, 5) a small box.

5) [noun] a small pot.

6) [noun] avariety in sugar cane.

7) [noun] any bone of the body.

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Kāraṃka (ಕಾರಂಕ):—[noun] a kind of bird.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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.

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