Karnisuta, Karṇīsuta, Karni-suta: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karṇīsuta (कर्णीसुत).—Mūladeva, father of the science and art of thieving; कर्णीसुतकथेव संनिहितविपुलाचला (karṇīsutakatheva saṃnihitavipulācalā) K.19; कर्णीसुतप्रहिते च पथि मतिमकरवम् (karṇīsutaprahite ca pathi matimakaravam) Dk.

Derivable forms: karṇīsutaḥ (कर्णीसुतः).

Karṇīsuta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karṇī and suta (सुत).

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

Karṇīsuta (कर्णीसुत).—m.

(-taḥ) A name of Kansa the enemy of Krishna. E. karṇī the mother of this prince, and suta a son.

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

Karṇīsuta (कर्णीसुत).— (cf. su), m. A proper name, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 185, 16.

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

1) Karṇīsuta (कर्णीसुत):—[=karṇī-suta] [from karṇī > karṇa] m. Name of Kaṃsa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] of the author of a thieves' manual, [Kādambarī]

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

Karṇīsuta (कर्णीसुत):—[karṇī-suta] (taḥ) 1. m. Kaṃsa, the uncle and enemy of Krishna.

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Karnisuta in German

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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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