Khankara, Kham-kara, Khaṃkara, Khaṃkāra, Khamkara, Khaṅkara: 10 definitions

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Khankara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Khaṃkāra (खंकार) refers to the “letter khaṃ”, according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “In front, above that, (arising from) the letter Yaṃ, is an air mandala, Above that, (arising from) the letter Raṃ, is a fire mandala, (and) above (that) a triangle marked red Ra, three shaved heads, and a lotus vessel, Behold the five ambrosia and five lamps, distributed, etc., therein, Arising from the letters Buṃ Āṃ Jiṃ Khaṃ Hūṃ Lāṃ Māṃ Pāṃ Tāṃ Vaṃ [e.g., tatra bhaktādikaṃ ... khaṃ ... kārajātaṃ]”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

khaṅkara (खंकर).—m A mass of dough thrown into the fire to be baked. 2 (For kaṅkara) A precious stone: also a pebble or small stone gen. 3 Applied to a hard-hearted and cruel, or a miserly person.

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khāṅkara (खांकर) [or खांकरा, khāṅkarā].—m A rude cake or mass of dough thrown over embers to be baked, an ember-cake.

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khāṅkarā (खांकरा) [or खाकरा, khākarā].—or khākērā m A gob of phlegm hawked up. v kāḍha, ṭāka. Ex. vadanīñcā khāṃ0 ṭākilā ||.

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

khaṅkara (खंकर).—m A miserly person. A pebble.

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khāṅkara (खांकर).—a A decayed tree or plant. a Decayed.

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khāṅkarā (खांकरा).—m A gob of phlegm hawked up.

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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

Khaṅkara (खङ्कर).—(also khaṅkharaḥ) A curl, a lock of hair.

Derivable forms: khaṅkaraḥ (खङ्करः).

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

Khaṅkara (खङ्कर).—m.

(-raḥ) A curl, a lock of hair.

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

1) Khaṃkara (खंकर):—[=kha-ṃ-kara] [from kha] a m. ‘making or filling space (?)’, a lock of hair, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [=khaṃ-kara] b See 3. kha.

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

Khaṅkara (खङ्कर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A curl, lock of hair.

[Sanskrit to German]

Khankara 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

Khaṃkara (ಖಂಕರ):—[noun] hair that is curly or tends to become curl.

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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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