Karnottamsa, Karṇottaṃsa, Karna-uttamsa: 2 definitions

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Karnottamsa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Karnottamsa in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karṇottaṃsa (कर्णोत्तंस).—an ear-ornament or merely an ornament (according to some authorities). (Mammaṭa says that here karṇa means karṇaṃsthitatva; cf. also his remark ad hoc:- karṇāvataṃsādipade karṇādidhvaninirmitaḥ | sannidhānārthabodhārthaṃ sthiteṣveta- tsamarthanam || K. P.7).

Derivable forms: karṇottaṃsaḥ (कर्णोत्तंसः).

Karṇottaṃsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karṇa and uttaṃsa (उत्तंस).

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Karnottamsa in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Karṇōttaṃsa (ಕರ್ಣೋತ್ತಂಸ):—[noun] any ornament for the ear.

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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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