Kshanadacara, Kṣaṇadācāra: 8 definitions
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Kshanadacara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Kṣaṇadācāra can be transliterated into English as Ksanadacara or Kshanadacara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kshanadachara.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇadācāra (क्षणदाचार).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) Nocturnal, nightwalker. mf. (-raḥ-rī) A fiend, a goblin, E. kṣaṇadā night, and cara who or what goes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇadācara (क्षणदाचर).—[kṣaṇadā-cara], m. A Rākṣasa, or demon, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 35, 4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇadācara (क्षणदाचर).—[masculine] night-walker, a Rakṣas.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇadācara (क्षणदाचर):—[=kṣaṇa-dā-cara] [from kṣaṇa-da > kṣaṇa] m. ‘night-walker’, Rakṣas, goblin, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa iii, 35, 4 and 55, 12; v, 88, 22; Raghuvaṃśa xiii, 75]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇadācara (क्षणदाचर):—[kṣaṇadā-cara] (raḥ-rī) 1. m. 3. f. A fiend, a night-walker.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKṣaṇadācara (ಕ್ಷಣದಾಚರ):—[noun] a person moving, functioning or active during the night; a devil; an evil spirit; a demon.
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)
Partial matches: Kshanada, Cara.
Full-text: Kshanadatana, Kshapacara, Shabdayate.
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