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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mārttika (मार्त्तिक).—a S Earthen, composed or consisting of earth.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mārttika (मार्त्तिक).—a. (-kī f.) [मृत्तिकया निर्मितम् अण् (mṛttikayā nirmitam aṇ)] Made of clay, earthen.

-kaḥ 1 A kind of pitcher.

2) The lid of a pitcher.

-kam A clod or lump of earth; गुरुमध्ये हरिणाक्षी मार्त्तिकशकलैर्निहन्तुकामं माम् (gurumadhye hariṇākṣī mārttikaśakalairnihantukāmaṃ mām) Bv.2.49.

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

Mārttika (मार्त्तिक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Earthen, made of clay or earth. m.

(-kaḥ) The lid of a pot or pitcher. n.

(-kaṃ) A potsherd. E. mṛttikā earth, aṇ aff.

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

Mārttika (मार्त्तिक).—i. e. mṛttikā + a, I. adj. Earthen. Ii. m. A lid, a cover.

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

Mārttika (मार्त्तिक).—[feminine] ī made of clay, earthen.

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

1) Mārttika (मार्त्तिक):—mf(ī)n. ([from] mṛttikā) made of clay or loam, earthen, [Mānava-śrauta-sūtra; Caraka]

2) m. n. an earthenware pot or dish, [Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra] (m. also ‘the lid of a pitcher’ [Horace H. Wilson])

3) n. a clod or lump of earth, [Bhāminī-vilāsa]

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

Mārttika (मार्त्तिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. The lid of a pot or pitcher. a. Earthen.

[Sanskrit to German]

Marttika in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Marttikavana, Marttikavara, Marttikavata, Marttikavataka.

Full-text: Marttikavataka, Marttikavata, Mrittika.

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