Mandakanti, Mandakānti, Manda-kanti: 3 definitions
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Mandakanti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMandakānti (मन्दकान्ति).—the moon.
Derivable forms: mandakāntiḥ (मन्दकान्तिः).
Mandakānti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms manda and kānti (कान्ति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMandakānti (मन्दकान्ति).—m.
(-ntiḥ) The moon.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMandakānti (मन्दकान्ति):—[=manda-kānti] [from manda > mad] m. ‘having a soft lustre’, the moon, [ib.]
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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