Kumbhiramakshika, Kumbhīramakṣikā: 5 definitions

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Kumbhiramakshika 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 Kumbhīramakṣikā can be transliterated into English as Kumbhiramaksika or Kumbhiramakshika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Kumbhīramakṣikā (कुम्भीरमक्षिका).—f.

(-kā) 1. A sort of fly or aquatic insect. E. kumbhī a crocodile, and makṣikā a fly, the crocodilefly, alluding, perhaps, to its size.

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

Kumbhīramakṣikā (कुम्भीरमक्षिका):—[=kumbhīra-makṣikā] [from kumbhīra > kumbha] f. a sort of fly (Vespa solitaria), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kumbhīramakṣikā (कुम्भीरमक्षिका):—[kumbhīra-makṣikā] (kā) 1. f. A sort of fly, an aquatic insect.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kumbhiramakshika 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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