The Sanskrit term Mañcakāśraya can be transliterated into English as Mancakasraya or Mancakashraya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Manchakashraya.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mañcakāśraya (मञ्चकाश्रय).—'a bed-bug', a bug in general.

Derivable forms: mañcakāśrayaḥ (मञ्चकाश्रयः).

Mañcakāśraya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mañcaka and āśraya (आश्रय).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mañcakāśraya (मञ्चकाश्रय).—m.

(-yaḥ) A bug. E. mañcaka a bed, and āśraya abode.

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

Mañcakāśraya (मञ्चकाश्रय):—[from mañcaka > mañc] m. ‘bed-infesting’, a bed-bug, house-bug, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mañcakāśraya (मञ्चकाश्रय):—[mañcakā+śraya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A bug.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mancakashraya in German

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Partial matches: Ashraya, Mancaka.

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