Madhurakantaka, Madhura-kantaka, Madhurakaṇṭaka: 6 definitions
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Madhurakaṇṭaka (मधुरकण्टक).—a kind of fish.
Derivable forms: madhurakaṇṭakaḥ (मधुरकण्टकः).
Madhurakaṇṭaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhura and kaṇṭaka (कण्टक).
Madhurakaṇṭaka (मधुरकण्टक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A sort of fish. E. madhura sweet, and kaṇṭaka bone.
Madhurakaṇṭaka (मधुरकण्टक):—[=madhura-kaṇṭaka] [from madhura > madhu] m. ‘having sweet bones’, a kind of fish, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Madhurakaṇṭaka (मधुरकण्टक):—[madhura-kaṇṭaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A sort of fish.
Madhurakaṇṭaka (मधुरकण्टक):—[(ma + ka)] m. ein best. Fisch [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]
Madhurakaṇṭaka (मधुरकण्टक):—m. ein best. Fisch.
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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Partial matches: Madhura, Kantaka.
Full-text: Madhva.
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