The Sanskrit term Lakṣmīkānta can be transliterated into English as Laksmikanta or Lakshmikanta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Lakṣmīkānta (लक्ष्मीकान्त).—Is Viṣṇu.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 108. 90.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Lakṣmīkānta (लक्ष्मीकान्त).—

1) an epithet of Viṣṇu.

2) a king.

Derivable forms: lakṣmīkāntaḥ (लक्ष्मीकान्तः).

Lakṣmīkānta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms lakṣmī and kānta (कान्त).

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

1) Lakṣmīkānta (लक्ष्मीकान्त):—[=lakṣmī-kānta] [from lakṣmī > lakṣ] m. ‘beloved of Lakṣmī’, Name of Viṣṇu, [ib.] (cf. kallāleśo lakṣmī-k)

2) [v.s. ...] a king, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of an author, [Catalogue(s)]

4) [v.s. ...] (with nyāya-bhūṣaṇa bhaṭṭācārya) of another author, [ib.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Lakshmikanta 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Lakṣmīkāṃta (ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಕಾಂತ):—[noun] = ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಪತಿ - [lakshmipati -] 1.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Lakshmi, Kanta.

Starts with: Lakshmikanta nyayabhushana bhattacarya, Lakshmikanta Shiksha, Lakshmikantam, Lakshmikantashiksha.

Ends with: Peru bhatta lakshmikanta.

Full-text: Lakshmikanta Shiksha, Lakshmikantashiksha, Kallalesha, Kallalesholakshmikantah, Kallalesho, Peru bhatta lakshmikanta, Perubhatta, Rathapaddhati, Lakshmikanta nyayabhushana bhattacarya, Girishacandra, Kshemarama, Kanta, Jagannatha panditaraja, Shiksha.

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