Karkareta, Karkareṭa: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karkareṭa (कर्करेट).—Seizing by the neck (= ardhacaṃdra) ?

Derivable forms: karkareṭam (कर्करेटम्).

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

Karkareṭa (कर्करेट).—n.

(-ṭaṃ) The hand curved as a claw or half moon, for the purpose of grasping anything. E. karkara hard, firm, iṭ to go, to be, affix ap.

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

Karkareṭa (कर्करेट):—(connected with karka?) m. the hand curved like a claw for the purpose of grasping anything, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Karkareṭa (कर्करेट):—[karkare+ṭa] (ṭaṃ) 1. n. The hand curved like a claw, or half moon.

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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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