Malaharaka, Malahāraka, Mala-haraka: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Malahāraka (मलहारक).—a. removing dirt or sin.

Malahāraka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mala and hāraka (हारक).

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

1) Malahāraka (मलहारक):—[=mala-hāraka] [from mala] mfn. taking away impurity, removing sin, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] a person who knows how to please an elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Malaharaka 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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