Kravyaghatana, Kravyaghātana, Kravya-ghatana: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kravyaghātana (क्रव्यघातन).—a deer (killed for its flesh) cf. Bhāgavata 5.26.12.

Derivable forms: kravyaghātanaḥ (क्रव्यघातनः).

Kravyaghātana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kravya and ghātana (घातन).

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

Kravyaghātana (क्रव्यघातन).—m.

(-naḥ) A deer. E. kravya flesh, and ghātana killing for its flesh.

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

Kravyaghātana (क्रव्यघातन):—[=kravya-ghātana] [from kravya > kravi] m. ‘killed for its flesh (cf. [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 26, 12])’, a deer, antelope, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kravyaghātana (क्रव्यघातन):—[kravya-ghātana] (naḥ) 1. m. A deer.

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