Marka, Markā: 12 definitions

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In Hinduism
1. Purana
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1. Sanskrit
2. Hindi
3. Nepali
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Marka (मर्क).—See under the word Śaṇḍāmarka.

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Marka (मर्क).—(Śaṇḍa) an Asura; one of the four sons of Śukra and a tutor of Prahlāda;¹ seen by the Gods at the sacrifice;² one of the two disciples the other being Śaṇḍa of Śukra sent to help the Asuras; but he joined the camp of the Devas, the latter offering him a place in sacrifices.³

1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa VII. 5. 1-2, 48-50; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 1. 78; 72. 72, 87; 73. 63-4; Matsya-purāṇa 47. 41; Vāyu-purāṇa 65. 77.
2) Matsya-purāṇa 47. 54.
3) Ib. 47. 224-31; Vāyu-purāṇa 97. 72 and 86; 98. 63; 108. 60.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

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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

Marka (मर्क).—a. Ved.

1) Cleaning, purifying.

2) Perishing, dying away.

-rkaḥ 1 The vital breath, life-wind.

2) An ape, a monkey; मर्कान् भोक्ष्यन् विभजति स चेन्नात्ति भाण्डं भिनत्ति (markān bhokṣyan vibhajati sa cennātti bhāṇḍaṃ bhinatti) Bhāgavata 1.8.29.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Marka (मर्क).—m.

(-rkaḥ) 1. The air, the wind. 2. The body. 3. A monkey. E. marca to sound, or a Santra root, to move, Unadi aff. kan .

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

Marka (मर्क).— (vb. mṛ), m. 1. A body, 2. The vital breath which pervades the body. 3. A monkey. 4. An imp Stenzler, in Journ. of the German Oriental Society, vii. 531, 16.

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

Marka (मर्क).—1. [masculine] eclipse (of the sun).

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Marka (मर्क).—2. [masculine] [Name] of the Purohita of the Asuras etc.

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

1) Marka (मर्क):—[from mark] 1. marka m. an ape, monkey, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of Vāyu, the wind, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] the mind, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) 2. marka m. (√mṛc cf. marc below) seizure id est. eclipse (of sun), [Ṛg-veda x, 27, 20] (marka), Name of the Purohita of the Asuras (held to be a son of Śukra), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa]

5) a demon presiding over various sicknesses of childhood, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra]

6) Name of a Yakṣa, [Catalogue(s)]

7) 3. marka m. ([according to] to [Uṇādi-sūtra iii, 43 fr.] √marc) the vital breath which pervades the body, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (others ‘wind’ and ‘body’).

8) Mārka (मार्क):—m. = mārkava, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Marka (मर्क):—(rkaḥ) 1. m. The air, the wind; the body; a monkey.

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

Marka (मर्क):—1. m. etwa das Hinsterben, Erlöschen: sūraśca ma.ka uparo babhū.ān [Ṛgveda 10, 27, 20.] Ist die Bedeutung richtig vermuthet, so ist die Ableitung von marc nicht zulässig; es kann aber ein Zusammenhang mit мръкати, мръкнѫти obscurari, мракъ caligo angenommen werden; vgl. übrigens auch mahrka im Zend.

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Marka (मर्क):—2. (von marc) m. [Uṇādisūtra 3, 43.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 58, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 2, Scholiast]

1) Name des Purohita der Asura, nach den Scholien eines Sohnes des Śukra: markāya tvā (gṛhṇāmi) [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 7, 16.] apamṛṣṭo.markaḥ [17.] bṛha.patirde.ānāṃ pu.ohita āsī.chaṇḍā.arkā.asurāṇām [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 6, 4, 10, 1.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 1, 1, 5.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 2, 1, 4.] —

2) ein Dämon bestimmter Kinderkrankheiten [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 6.] —

2) Nomen proprium eines Yakṣa [Oxforder Handschriften 18,b,36.] —

4) = śarīravāyu der Wind im Körper [UJJVAL.]; daraus machen [WILSON] und [Śabdakalpadruma] zwei Bedeutungen: Körper und Wind.

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Marka (मर्क):—3. m. = markaṭa Affe [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 21, 44. 7, 14, 9.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 7, 28.]

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Mārka (मार्क):—m. = mārkava [Śabdakalpadruma] (Suppl.) angeblich nach [Ratnamālā]

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Marka (मर्क):—3. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 8, 29. 9, 8.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Marka (मर्क):—1. m. Verfinsterung (der Sonne).

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Marka (मर्क):—2. m. —

1) Nomen proprium — a) des Purohita der Asura. — b) eines den Kindern nachstellenden Dämons. — c) eines Yakṣa. —

2) *der Wind im Körper.

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Marka (मर्क):—3. m. = markaṭa Affe.

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Mārka (मार्क):—m. Eclipta prostrata.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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.

Hindi dictionary

1) Marka in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) mark, trademark; sign; ~[ke ka] remarkable (as [marake ki bata])..—marka (मारका) is alternatively transliterated as Mārakā.

2) Mārkā (मार्का):—(nm) see [mārakā].

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

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Nepali dictionary

1) Markā (मर्का):—n. 1. internal pain; doing which touches to the quick; 2. want or scarcity; 3. obstacle; hindrance; 4. injustice;

2) Mārka (मार्क):—n. mark; currency of west Germany;

3) Mārkā (मार्का):—n. mark; seal; stamp;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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