Manikanana, Maṇikānana, Mani-kanana: 8 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Maṇikānana (मणिकानन).—the neck.

Derivable forms: maṇikānanam (मणिकाननम्).

Maṇikānana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṇi and kānana (कानन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Maṇikānana (मणिकानन).—name of a yakṣa: Mahā-Māyūrī 70.

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

Maṇikānana (मणिकानन).—n.

(-naṃ) The neck or throat. E. maṇi a jewel, and kānana a wood; abounding with such ornaments.

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

Maṇikānana (मणिकानन).—n. 1. a wood abounding in jewels. 2. the throat.

Maṇikānana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṇi and kānana (कानन).

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

1) Maṇikānana (मणिकानन):—[=maṇi-kānana] [from maṇi] n. a wood or grove containing jewels, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] the neck (as covered with jewels), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Maṇikānana (मणिकानन):—[maṇi-kānana] (naṃ) 1. n. The neck or throat, place of gems.

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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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