Manikara, Maṇikāra, Mani-kara: 14 definitions

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Manikara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, 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.

India history and geography

Source: Wisdom Library: India History

Maṇikāra refers to “jewellers” and represents one of the various classes of workers mentioned in the inscriptions of Andhra country. Such inscriptions reflect the industrial and commercial advances of the early history of Andhra. Most of the crafts and industries having such artisans (e.g., the Maṇikāras) were organized into guilds, with each guild having their alderman (seṭhin or śreṣṭhin) and offices in town halls (nigama-sabhā). Such guilds were sometimes granted permanent endowments (akhayanivi) as a form of investment.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Maṇikāra.—(LP), a jeweller. Note: maṇikāra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

maṇikāra : (m.) gem-cutter.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Maṇikāra refers to: a jeweller Miln. 331; DhA. II, 152.

Note: maṇikāra is a Pali compound consisting of the words maṇi and kāra.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

maṇikāra (मणिकार).—m S A jeweler or lapidary.

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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

Maṇikāra (मणिकार).—a lapidary, jeweller; मणिकाराश्च ये केचित् (maṇikārāśca ye kecit) Rām.2.83.12.

Derivable forms: maṇikāraḥ (मणिकारः).

Maṇikāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṇi and kāra (कार).

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

Maṇikāra (मणिकार).—m.

(-raḥ) A jeweller, a lapidary or worker in precious stones. E. maṇi a gem, and kāra who makes.

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

Maṇikāra (मणिकार).—[maṇi-kāra], m. A jeweller.

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

Maṇikāra (मणिकार).—[masculine] jeweller ([feminine] ī).

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

1) Maṇikāra (मणिकार):—[=maṇi-kāra] [from maṇi] m. a lapidary, jeweller, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Rāmāyaṇa] (f(ī). , [Kālacakra])

2) [v.s. ...] the adulterous off spring of Vaiśya parents whose mother’s husband is still alive, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of various authors, [Catalogue(s)]

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

Maṇikāra (मणिकार):—[maṇi-kāra] (raḥ) 1. m. A jeweller.

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Manikara 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Maṇikāra (ಮಣಿಕಾರ):—[noun] a man who sells, deals with, gems.

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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.

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