Malavika, Mālavikā: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMālavikā (मालविका).—
1) Name of the heroine of Kālidāsa's Mālavikāgnimitra.
2) Name of a plant निशोत्तर (niśottara), Ipomoea Turpethum.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMālavikā (मालविका).—f.
(-kā) A plant of valuable purgative properties, commonly Teori: see trivṛt .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMālavikā (मालविका).—[feminine] [Name] of a woman.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mālavikā (मालविका):—[from mālavaka > mālava] f. Ipomoea Turpethum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a woman (See next).
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: Malavikagnimitra.
Full-text: Malavikagnimitra, Agnimitra, Advitiya, Kalidasa, Vidisha, Antarena, Vithi.
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