Manahkanta, Manaḥkānta, Manas-kanta: 4 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Manahkanta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Manaḥkānta (मनःकान्त).—a. (manaskānta or manaḥkānta) dear to the mind, pleasant, agreeable.

Manaḥkānta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms manas and kānta (कान्त).

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

1) Manaḥkānta (मनःकान्त):—[=manaḥ-kānta] [from manaḥ > man] mfn. See manas-k.

2) [=manas-kānta] [from manas > man] mfn. dear to the heart pleasant, agreeable, [Suśruta]

[Sanskrit to German]

Manahkanta 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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