Kukkutapakshaka, Kukkuṭapakṣaka, Kukkuta-pakshaka: 4 definitions

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Kukkutapakshaka 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 Kukkuṭapakṣaka can be transliterated into English as Kukkutapaksaka or Kukkutapakshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kukkutapakshaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kukkuṭapakṣaka (कुक्कुटपक्षक).—nt., a knife shaped like a cock's wing: Mahāvyutpatti 8977; so Tibetan, except that there is some question of the specific bird meant by bya gag = kukkuṭa (according to Jäschke (Tibetan-English Dictionary) a kind of duck); in Mahāvyutpatti 4904 kukkuṭa is rendered khyim bya.

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

Kukkuṭapakṣaka (कुक्कुटपक्षक):—[=kukkuṭa-pakṣaka] [from kukkuṭa > kukkuṭ] m. a knife shaped like the wing of a cock, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Kukkutapakshaka 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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