Loca: 8 definitions
Introduction:
Loca means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Locha.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLoca (लोच).—Tears.
Derivable forms: locam (लोचम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryLoca (लोच).—n.
(-caṃ) Tears.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Loca (लोच):—[from loc] m. sight (?), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) [v.s. ...] n. tears, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. lota).
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Loca (लोच) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Loa.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryLoca (लोच) [Also spelled loch]:—(nf) flexibility, elasticity; tenderness; ~[dāra] flexible, elastic; tender.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusLoca (ಲೊಚ):—
1) [noun] a sharp noise made by pressing the lips together and parting them suddenly, as in showing enjoyment of a taste; smack.
2) [noun] the characteristic sound of a house-lizard.
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)
Starts with (+19): Locadara-maga, Locado, Locagare, Locak, Locaka, Locaku, Local, Local indigo, Local-kal, Localay, Locamalaka, Locamarkata, Locamastaka, Locana, Locanagocara, Locanahita, Locanajala, Locanaka, Locanakara, Locanamarga.
Ends with: Aloca, Amloca, Anumloca, Avena loca, Caloca, Canviloca, Hierba loca, Magako-loca, Nimloca, Panca-maushtika-loca, Paryaloca, Pramloca, Samaloca, Samloca, Ulloca, Umloca.
Full-text (+1): Locamastaka, Loa, Locamarkata, Locamalaka, Locaku, Loccu, Locak, Hierba loca, Avena loca, Magako-loca, Alocana, Magako-loch, Paryaloca, Panca-maushtika-loca, Alocita, Alocaka, Loch, Ulloca, Alocya, Pravesha.
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Search found 4 books and stories containing Loca; (plurals include: Locas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Folk medicine uses of wild plants in Kolhapur district. < [Volume 6 (issue 2), Oct-Dec 1986]
Some ethnomedicinal plants of koraput district orissa < [Volume 8 (issue 1), Jul-Sep 1988]
Archives of Social Sciences of Religions
Nathalie Kouamé: Pilgrimage and Society in Tokugawa Japan < [Volume 120 (2002)]
French Jesuit Missionary Strategies in New France and China, 17th Century < [Volume 122 (2003)]
Lessons VIII: The Crime of Corporal Lortie - A Treatise on the Father < [Volume 120 (2002)]
Seventeenth-century Latin accounts of acupuncture and moxibustion < [Volume 40 (1979)]
Consciousness in Gaudapada’s Mandukya-karika (by V. Sujata Raju)
The true nature of reality < [Chapter 4: Study of Māṇḍūkya Kārikā: Vaitathya Prakaraṇa]