The Sanskrit term Krakacapṛṣṭhī can be transliterated into English as Krakacaprsthi or Krakacaprishthi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Krakachaprishthi.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Krakacapṛṣṭhī (क्रकचपृष्ठी).—The कवयी (kavayī) fish.

Krakacapṛṣṭhī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms krakaca and pṛṣṭhī (पृष्ठी).

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

Krakacapṛṣṭhī (क्रकचपृष्ठी).—f. (-ṣṭhī) A small fish with numerous small spines in the back, (Coius cobojius, Ham.) E. krakaca a saw, and pṛṣṭha the back, saw-backed.

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

Krakacapṛṣṭhī (क्रकचपृष्ठी):—[=krakaca-pṛṣṭhī] [from krakaca] f. ‘saw-backed’, Cojus Cobojus (a fish with numerous small spines in the back), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Krakacapṛṣṭhī (क्रकचपृष्ठी):—[krakaca-pṛṣṭhī] (ṣṭhī) 3. f. A small fish with many spines in the back.

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Krakacaprishthi 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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Partial matches: Prishthi, Krakaca.

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