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

Karpūratilakā (कर्पूरतिलका).—f.

(-kā) One of Durga'S female attendants or confidantes; see jayā. E. karpūra camphor, and tilaka the sectarial spot on the forehead; having the Tilaka of camphor.

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

Karpūratilaka (कर्पूरतिलक).—[masculine] [Name] of an elephant.

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

1) Karpūratilaka (कर्पूरतिलक):—[=karpūra-tilaka] [from karpūra] m. Name of an elephant, [Hitopadeśa]

2) Karpūratilakā (कर्पूरतिलका):—[=karpūra-tilakā] [from karpūra-tilaka > karpūra] f. Name of Jayā (one of Durgā’s female friends), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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Partial matches: Karpura, Tilaka.

Full-text: Ashtayoginya, Ashtayogini.

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