Maskara: 10 definitions
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Maskara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMaskara (मस्कर).—[mask-arac]
1) A bamboo.
2) A hollow bamboo; सुस्तम्भां मस्करैर्दीर्घैः कृतवंशां सुशोभनाम् (sustambhāṃ maskarairdīrghaiḥ kṛtavaṃśāṃ suśobhanām) Rām.3.15. 21.
3) Going, motion.
4) Knowledge (jñāna).
Derivable forms: maskaraḥ (मस्करः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaskara (मस्कर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. A bamboo. 2. A hollow bamboo. 3. Going, motion. 4. Knowledge. E. mask to go, aff. arac; or maki to adorn, aff. ara, and the nasal rejected, with suṭ augment.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaskara (मस्कर).—m. A bambu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaskara (मस्कर).—[masculine] bamboo.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Maskara (मस्कर):—m. a bamboo
2) a hollow bamboo cane, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaskara (मस्कर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A bambu.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Maskara (मस्कर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Makkhara.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusMaskara (ಮಸ್ಕರ):—[noun] the tall, woody, hard, springy, jointed and often hollow stem of the grass of the sub-family Bambusoideae; a bamboo.
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)
Ends with: Anyataratonamaskara, Ashtanga-namaskara, Damdanamaskara, Gurupaddhatinamaskara, Hejjenamaskara, Namaskara, Nirnamaskara, Nirnamonamaskara, Pancamandalanamaskara, Pancanga-namaskara, Pradakshinanamaskara, Pratinamaskara, Rudranamaskara, Sashtamganamaskara, Shirasashtanganamaskara, Suryanamaskara, Tricakalpanamaskara, Ubhayatonamaskara, Uddamdanamaskara.
Full-text: Maskarin, Maskariya, Makkhara, Macukkaram, Shut.
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