Mallanaga, Malla-naga, Mallanāga: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMallanāga (मल्लनाग).—
1) Indra's elephant.
2) a letter-carrier.
3) Name of वात्स्यायन (vātsyāyana), the author of कामसूत्र (kāmasūtra).
Derivable forms: mallanāgaḥ (मल्लनागः).
Mallanāga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms malla and nāga (नाग).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMallanāga (मल्लनाग).—m.
(-gaḥ) 1. The elephant of Indra. 2. A name of the saint Vatsyayana. 3. A letter-carrier. 4. A work on amorous topics by Vatsyayana Muni. E. malla strong, and nāga an elephant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumMallanāga (मल्लनाग) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a name of Vātsyāyana, the author of Kāmasūtra. Mentioned in Vāsavadattā p. 89.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mallanāga (मल्लनाग):—[=malla-nāga] [from malla] m. Name of Vātsyāyana, author of the Kāma-sūtra, [Vāsavadattā; Catalogue(s)]
2) [v.s. ...] Indra’s elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a letter-carrier, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMallanāga (मल्लनाग):—[malla-nāga] (gaḥ) 1. m. Indra's elephant; a letter-carrier; a sage or his work.
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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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Full-text: Nagamalla, Mandanaga, Kamasutrakara, Jayamangala, Kamasutra, Vatsyayana.
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2. Works on Kāmaśāstra (e): Ratiratnapradīpikā < [Chapter 2 - An Appraisal of Kāmaśāstra Works in Sanskrit]
Kamashastra and Classical Sanskrit literature (study) (by Vishwanath K. Hampiholi)
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Chapter 22 - Introduction to Artha-Shastra (polity) < [Section 4 - Classical Sanskrit literature]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
42. The Dates of Narayana Dikshita and other Commentators < [Volume 1 (1945)]
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