Khandaka, Khaṇḍaka, Khamdaka: 15 definitions

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Khandaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Khaṇḍaka.—(SITI), cf. Tamil kaṇḍakam, a land measure. See khaṇḍa. Note: khaṇḍaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

khandaka (खंदक).—m ( A) A ditch, fosse, moat. 2 A deep hollow or pit gen.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

khandaka (खंदक).—m A ditch, a deep pit.

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khandakā (खंदका).—m Boiling up, fig. overcoming emotion; a paroxysm.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Khaṇḍaka (खण्डक).—a. [khaṇḍ-ṇvul] Destroying, tearing, breaking to pieces, removing, &c.

-kaḥ, -kam A fragment, part or piece; वृत्तः पार्श्वचरैरात्तकाष्ठखण्डकलाञ्छनैः (vṛttaḥ pārśvacarairāttakāṣṭhakhaṇḍakalāñchanaiḥ) Kathāsaritsāgara 24.121.

2) A term in an equation.

-kaḥ 1 Candied sugar.

2) One who has no nails.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Khaṇḍaka (खण्डक).—(1) adj. or subst. m., evil, false: (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 73.13 (sattvā bhaviṣyanti kusīdā…) aśraddhāḥ khaṇḍakā (?) akalyāṇamitraparigṛhītāḥ…; Lalou, Iconographie 51, renders divisés; 94 she cites Tibetan as mi sruṅ pa, which perhaps could mean careless, disobedient, not on guard, but is more likely a misprint for mi srun pa, evil (= Sanskrit khala, evil, mischievous; perhaps therefore, em. to khalakā); Gaṇḍavyūha 116.22 (mārakāyiko vā kalyāṇamitrapratirūpako vā) bodhisattvakhaṇḍako vā, a rascal of a Bodhisattva, or a false, fake B.; (2) name of a yakṣa: Mahā-Māyūrī 41.

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

Khaṇḍaka (खण्डक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. Pared or clipped finger nails. 2. A part, a piece. E. khaṇḍ to tear, vun aff.

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

Khaṇḍaka (खण्डक).—[khaṇḍa + ka], A piece, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 24, 121.

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

Khaṇḍaka (खण्डक).—[masculine] piece, part; lump-sugar.

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

1) Khaṇḍaka (खण्डक):—[from khaṇḍ] mfn. ifc. breaking to pieces, destroying, removing, rendering ineffectual, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] m. ([gana] ṛśyādi) a fragment, part, piece, [Sūryasiddhānta; Kathāsaritsāgara xxiv, 121]

3) [v.s. ...] treacle or molasses, candied sugar, [Harivaṃśa 8445] ([varia lectio])

4) [v.s. ...] one who has no nails (‘pared or clipped finger nails’ [Horace H. Wilson]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a kind of dance or tune (?), [Vikramorvaśī]

6) [v.s. ...] for skandhaka (Name of a metre) q.v.

7) [from khaṇḍ] n. (= khaṇḍa) a term in an equation, [Gaṇitādhyāya]

8) Khāṇḍaka (खाण्डक):—[from khāṇḍa] mfn. [from] khaṇḍa [gana] dhūmādi ([varia lectio]) and arīhaṇādi ([Kāśikā-vṛtti])

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

Khaṇḍaka (खण्डक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Pared or clipped finger nails; a part, a piece.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Khaṇḍaka (खण्डक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khaṃḍaga.

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Khandaka 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Khaṃḍaka (ಖಂಡಕ):—

1) [noun] the act of cutting the flesh.

2) [noun] a man who cuts the flesh.

3) [noun] a piece or fragment cut out from a whole.

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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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Nepali dictionary

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Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Khaṇḍaka (खण्डक):—adj. 1. refuting; contradicting; 2. cutting; severing;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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