Khanaka, Khaṇakā, Khānaka: 15 definitions
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Khanaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Khanak.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKhanaka (खनक).—A messenger sent by Vidura, secretly to the Pāṇḍavas who were living in the wax-house. Vidura sent a message through Khanaka to the effect that Duryodhana had decided to set fire to the waxhouse employing Purocana to do it on the 14th night of the dark lunar fortnight. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 147).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryKhānaka.—(EI 15), same as khātaka in the sense of khanana. Note: khānaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykhaṇakā (खणका).—m (khaṇa!) A sounding bang or blow: a sharp and valorous contest: uproar and vehemence gen.: e. g. ranting, vociferating, the roar of a cannonade, the pealing of thunder, the clanging of instruments, the stamping and storming of passion; the railing of a shrew, the bellowing of a bully, clamorous altercation, scolding, abusing. 2 Interchanged sometimes with kaṇakā or kanakā q. v.
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khanakā (खनका).—m Commonly khaṇakā.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkhaṇakā (खणका).—m A sounding blow.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKhanaka (खनक).—a. [khan-vun]
1) Digging, dividing.
2) A digger, excavator; Rām.2.8.1.
-kaḥ 1 A miner; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.15.5.
2) A house-breaker.
3) A rat.
4) A mine.
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Khānaka (खानक).—a. (-nikā f.) [खन्-ण्वुल् (khan-ṇvul)] One who digs; कैवर्तान् मूलखानकान् (kaivartān mūlakhānakān) Manusmṛti 8.26.
-kaḥ 1 A miner.
2) A housebreaker, thief; कुड्यमुक्तिरति वेश्मनो यदा तत्र खानकभयं भवेत्तदा (kuḍyamuktirati veśmano yadā tatra khānakabhayaṃ bhavettadā) Bṛ. S.89.9.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhanaka (खनक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) 1. Tearing, dividing. 2. Digging, &c. m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A rat. 2. A housebreaker. 3. A miner. E. khan to dig, affix ṇvul.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhanaka (खनक).—[khan + aka], m. A digger, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 80, 1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhanaka (खनक).—[masculine] digger.
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Khānaka (खानक).—[adjective] digging up (—°); [masculine] digger.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Khanaka (खनक):—[from khan] m. one who digs, digger, excavator, [Mahābhārata iii, 640; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] a miner, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a house-breaker, thief, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a rat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a friend of Vidura, [Mahābhārata i, 5798 f.]
6) Khānaka (खानक):—[from khan] a mfn. ifc. one who digs or digs out, [Manu-smṛti viii, 260] (cf. kūpa-)
7) [v.s. ...] m. a house-breaker, thief, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā lxxxix, 9]
8) b ni, nika, etc. See √khan.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhanaka (खनक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A rat; a housebreaker. a. Tearing, digging.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Khanaka (खनक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Khaṇaga, Khaṇaya.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKhanaka (खनक) [Also spelled khanak]:—(nf) a jingle/clink, jingling or clinking sound.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKhanaka (ಖನಕ):—
1) [noun] the act or digging, excavating the earth; excavation.
2) [noun] a man who digs, excavates; an excavator.
3) [noun] a burglar who enters into a house by making a hole in a wall and commits theft.
4) [noun] any of mammals, esp. rodents, that burrow holes or passage in the ground for shelter or refuge, etc.
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Khanaka (ಖನಕ):—[noun] the plant Origanum vulgare of Lamiaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Khanakadanaka, Khanakana, Khanakara, Khanakata, Khanakavinem.
Ends with: A-lavana-klinna-khanaka, A-lavana-klinnna-kreni-khanaka, A-lavana-klinva-kreni-khanaka, A-lavana-kreni-khanaka, Kupakhanaka, Mulakhanaka, Pronkhanaka, Rakkhanaka, Shankhanaka, Utkhanaka.
Full-text: Mulakhanaka, Khanaya, Khanak, Kupakhanaka, Kupakha, Khanaga, Khanakya, A-lavana-klinna-khanaka, A-lavana-kreni-khanaka, Khanakavinem, A-lavana-klinnna-kreni-khanaka, A-lavana-klinva-kreni-khanaka, Shvun, Khanaki, Klinva-kreni, Khaṇika, A-lavana-klinna-khataka, Udbandha, Khataka.
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