Kulangara, Kulaṅgāra, Kula-angara, Kulamgara: 12 definitions

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

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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kulangara in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

kulaṅgāra : (m.) one who brings a family to ruin.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kulaṅgāra refers to: “the charcoal of the family” i.e. one who brings a family to ruin, said of a squanderer S. IV, 324 (text kulaṅgāroti: but vv. ll. show ti as superfluous); printed kulaṅguro (for kul-aṅkuro? v. l. kulaṅgāro) kulapacchimako (should it be kulapacchijjako? cp. vv. ll. at J. IV, 69) dhanavināsako J. VI, 380. Also in kulapacchimako kulagaro pāpadhammo J. IV, 69. Both these refer to an avajāta putta. Cp. also kulassa aṅgārabhūta DhA. III, 350; SnA. 192 (of a dujjāto putto), and kulagandhana;

Note: kulaṅgāra is a Pali compound consisting of the words kula and aṅgāra.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kulangara in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kulāṅgāra (कुलांगार).—m (S kula & aṅgāra Live-coal.) A term for one that, by fomenting domestic dissension or by disgraceful deeds, ruins his family or tribe.

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

kulāṅgāra (कुलांगार).—m A term for one that by dis- graceful deeds ruins his family or race.

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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

[«previous next»] — Kulangara in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kulāṅgāra (कुलाङ्गार).—a man who ruins his family; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.

Derivable forms: kulāṅgāraḥ (कुलाङ्गारः).

Kulāṅgāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kula and aṅgāra (अङ्गार).

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

Kulāṅgāra (कुलाङ्गार).—m. or n., an enemy to his own family, [Pañcatantra] 211, 14.

Kulāṅgāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kula and aṅgāra (अङ्गार).

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

Kulāṅgāra (कुलाङ्गार):—[from kula] m. ‘a family fire-brand’, a man who foments domestic dissensions or ruins his family, [Pañcatantra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Prasannarāghava]

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

Kulāṅgāra (कुलाङ्गार):—[kulā+ṅgāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Disgrace of a family.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kulāṅgāra (कुलाङ्गार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kuliṃgāla.

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Kulangara 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

[«previous next»] — Kulangara in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kulāṃgāra (ಕುಲಾಂಗಾರ):—[noun] a man who destroys a family or its reputation.

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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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