Karkatakarajju, Karkaṭakarajju, Karkataka-rajju: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karkaṭakarajju (कर्कटकरज्जु).—a rope with a hook.

Derivable forms: karkaṭakarajjuḥ (कर्कटकरज्जुः).

Karkaṭakarajju is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karkaṭaka and rajju (रज्जु).

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

Karkaṭakarajju (कर्कटकरज्जु).—f. a rope with a hook resembling the claw of a crab, [Daśakumāracarita] 71, 2.

Karkaṭakarajju is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karkaṭaka and rajju (रज्जु).

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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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