Mankha, Maṅkha, Mamkha: 11 definitions
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Mankha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Academia.edu: Tantric elements in Kalhaṇa’s RājataraṅgiṇīMaṅkha (मङ्ख), a ḍāmara, searches dead bodies like a kāpālika and gratifies himself with the objects found upon them. Lorenzen (The Kāpālikas and the Kālāmukhas, p. 66) takes the word kāpālika here to denote a skull-bearer, but Stein remarks in a note that it is probably used in the sense of ‘attendant at the burning ground,’ who obtains the clothes and other possessions of the dead person before burning the body. (See Rājataraṅgiṇī verse 8.995)
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMaṅkha (मङ्ख).—
1) A royal bard.
2) A medicament of a particular class.
3) Name of a lexicographer.
Derivable forms: maṅkhaḥ (मङ्खः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaṅkha (मङ्ख).—m.
(-ṅkhaḥ) 1. A royal bard. 2. A mendicant of a particular order. E. makhi to go, ac aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaṅkha (मङ्ख).—[masculine] a man’s name.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumMaṅkha (मङ्ख) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—son of Viśvāvarta, grandson of Manmatha, brother of Śṛṅgāra, Bhṛṅga and Alaṃkāra (between 1135-45): Alaṃkārasarvasva. Maṅkhakośa. Report. Xxii. Śrīkaṇṭhacarita. Verses of his are given in [Subhāshitāvali by Vallabhadeva]
Maṅkha has the following synonyms: Maṅkhaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Maṅkha (मङ्ख):—m. = magadha, a royal bard or panegyrist, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) a mendicant of a [particular] order, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) Name of a man, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
4) of a lexicographer (-kośa m. his work).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaṅkha (मङ्ख):—(ṅkhaḥ) 1. m. A mendicant.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Maṅkha (मङ्ख) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Maṃkha.
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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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryMaṃkha (मंख) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Maṅkha.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
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Starts with: Mamkhali, Mankhaka, Mankhakosha, Mankhana, Mankhaya.
Full-text (+33): Mankhakosha, Bhringa, Mankhaka, Shrikanthacarita, Shrigunna, Bhudda, Jalhana, Vishvavarta, Lankaka, Suhala, Ruyyaka, Manmatha, Alamkara, Shringara, Shrigarbha, Mankhana, Trailokya, Janakaraja, Patu, Sashtha.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 14: Early association with Gośāla < [Chapter III - Mahāvīra’s first six years as an ascetic]
Part 17: Meeting with Gośāla < [Chapter VIII - Initiation of ṛṣabhadatta and devānandā]
Part 15: Gośāla’s doctrine of Fate < [Chapter III - Mahāvīra’s first six years as an ascetic]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 2 - The Maṅkhakośa: authorship and date < [Chapter V - The Maṅkhakośa]
Part 5 - Maṅkhakośa commentary < [Chapter V - The Maṅkhakośa]
Part 2 - Source of the poem [Śrīkaṇṭhacarita] < [Chapter II - The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Post-Amarakośa Lexicographers and Lexicons < [Chapter 1 - Kośa Literature–A Brief Survey]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
6. Samudrabandha’s commentary on the Alankarasarvasva < [Chapter 6 - Miscellaneous Sanskrit works bearing on Kerala history]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Position of Purāṇas in the Sanskrit Literature < [Chapter 1 - An Introduction of the Purāṇas]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 11 - Archaeological surveys in and around Rajgir < [Chapter II - Origin and Function of Rājagṛha as the seat of Monarchy]