Keshaluncaka, Keśaluñcaka, Kesha-luncaka: 5 definitions

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Keshaluncaka 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.

The Sanskrit term Keśaluñcaka can be transliterated into English as Kesaluncaka or Keshaluncaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Keshalunchaka.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Keśaluñcaka (केशलुञ्चक).—a Jaina ascetic.

Derivable forms: keśaluñcakaḥ (केशलुञ्चकः).

Keśaluñcaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms keśa and luñcaka (लुञ्चक).

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

Keśaluñcaka (केशलुञ्चक).—adj. pulling out the hair, [Prabodhacandrodaya, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 54, 9.

Keśaluñcaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms keśa and luñcaka (लुञ्चक).

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

Keśaluñcaka (केशलुञ्चक):—[=keśa-luñcaka] [from keśa] m. ‘pulling the hair’, a Jain ascetic, [Prabodha-candrodaya]

[Sanskrit to German]

Keshaluncaka 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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