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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mauktikasara (मौक्तिकसर).—a necklace or string of pearls; अयं कण्ठे बाहुः शिशिरमसृणो मौक्तिकसरः (ayaṃ kaṇṭhe bāhuḥ śiśiramasṛṇo mauktikasaraḥ) Uttararāmacarita 1.29.

Derivable forms: mauktikasaraḥ (मौक्तिकसरः).

Mauktikasara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mauktika and sara (सर).

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

Mauktikasara (मौक्तिकसर).—m. a string of pearls, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 24, 13.

— Cf. [Latin] serum; [Latin] sal; [Gothic.] salt; [Anglo-Saxon.] sealt; [Latin] salum, insula; [Anglo-Saxon.] siringie.

Mauktikasara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mauktika and sara (सर).

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

Mauktikasara (मौक्तिकसर):—[=mauktika-sara] [from mauktika] m. a string of p°, [Nalacampū or damayantīkathā; Uttararāma-carita]

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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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Partial matches: Mauktika, Sara, Cara.

Full-text: Masrina, Sara.

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