Lohacurna, Lōhacūrṇa, Lohacūrṇa, Loha-curna: 7 definitions
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Lohacurna 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Lohachurna.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarylōhacūrṇa (लोहचूर्ण).—n (S) Iron filings.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLohacūrṇa (लोहचूर्ण).—iron-filings, rust of iron.
Derivable forms: lohacūrṇam (लोहचूर्णम्).
Lohacūrṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms loha and cūrṇa (चूर्ण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohacūrṇa (लोहचूर्ण).—n.
(-rṇaṃ) Iron filings. E. loha, cūrṇa powder.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohacūrṇa (लोहचूर्ण):—[=loha-cūrṇa] [from loha] n. rust of iron, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohacūrṇa (लोहचूर्ण):—[loha-cūrṇa] (rṇaṃ) 1. n. Iron filings.
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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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