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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Mandodaka (मन्दोदक).—The lake in the Kailāsa; the water in it is like curd; the Nandana is on its bank, and the Mandākinī rises from it.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 121. 4-5.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Maṇḍodaka (मण्डोदक).—

1) barm, yeast.

2) decorating walls, floors &c. on festive occasions.

3) mental agitation or excitement.

4) variegated colour.

Derivable forms: maṇḍodakam (मण्डोदकम्).

Maṇḍodaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṇḍa and udaka (उदक).

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

Maṇḍodaka (मण्डोदक).—n.

(-kaṃ) 1. Painting figures or flowers, on the walls or floors of an apartment, &c. on festival occasions, with a white pigment made from ground rice. 2. Variegated colour. 3. Mental excitement. E. maṇḍa scum, and udaka water.

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

Maṇḍodaka (मण्डोदक).—n. 1. variegated colour. 2. painting figures.

Maṇḍodaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṇḍa and udaka (उदक).

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

1) Maṇḍodaka (मण्डोदक):—[from maṇḍa > maṇḍ] n. barm, yeast, [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] the decorating of walls etc. on festive occasions, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] ‘mental excitement’ or, ‘variegated colour’ (cittaor citra-rāga), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Mandodaka (मन्दोदक):—[from manda > mad] mfn. deficient in water, [Daśakumāra-carita]

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

Maṇḍodaka (मण्डोदक):—[maṇḍo+daka] (kaṃ) 1. n. Painting white figures upon the wall on festive occasions; variegated colour.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mandodaka 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Maṃḍōdaka (ಮಂಡೋದಕ):—

1) [noun] an agent used to ferment the dough (for making ḍōse, iḍli, etc.).

2) [noun] a mixture of various colours.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Udaka, Manda.

Starts with: Mamdodakacitra.

Ends with: Dadhimandodaka.

Full-text: Manthodaka, Adipana, Dadhimandodaka, Dadhimanda.

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