Kusakara, Kushakara, Kuśākara, Kusha-akara: 8 definitions

Introduction:

Kusakara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

The Sanskrit term Kuśākara can be transliterated into English as Kusakara or Kushakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kusakara (कुसकर).—m (kusakaraṇēṃ) Crumbs or crumbled state (of bread, cowdung, or other dry substance).

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kusakarā (कुसकरा).—m (kusakaraṇēṃ) Crumbs or crumbled state (of bread, cowdung, or other dry substance).

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

kusakara (कुसकर) [-rā, -रा].—m Crumbs or crumbled state of bread &c.

context information

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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kuśākara (कुशाकर).—the sacrificial fire.

Derivable forms: kuśākaraḥ (कुशाकरः).

Kuśākara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kuśa and ākara (आकर).

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

Kuśākara (कुशाकर).—m.

(-raḥ) Fire. E. kuśa the grass, &c. ākara a mine; the sacrificial fire being made upon a tuft of this grass.

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

Kuśākara (कुशाकर):—[from kuśa] m. fire (the sacrificial fire being made on a bundle of Kuśa grass), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kuśākara (कुशाकर):—[kuśā+kara] (raḥ) 1. m. Fire.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kusakara in German

context information

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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