Lohakanta, Lōhakānta, Lohakānta, Loha-kanta: 6 definitions
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Lohakanta 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarylōhakānta (लोहकांत).—n m (S) The loadstone. 2 A medicinal preparation of it.
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 dictionaryLohakānta (लोहकान्त).—a loadstone, magnet.
Derivable forms: lohakāntaḥ (लोहकान्तः).
Lohakānta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms loha and kānta (कान्त).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohakānta (लोहकान्त).—n.
(-ntaṃ) The load-stone. E. loha iron, kānta in this compound a gem.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohakānta (लोहकान्त):—[=loha-kānta] [from loha] m. magnetic iron, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryLohakānta (लोहकान्त):—[loha-kānta] (ntaṃ) 1. n. The load-stone.
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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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Starts with: Lohakantaka.
Full-text: Kantalauha, Kantaloha.
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