Mekhalapada, Mekhalāpada, Mekhala-pada: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mekhalāpada (मेखलापद).—the hips.

Derivable forms: mekhalāpadam (मेखलापदम्).

Mekhalāpada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mekhalā and pada (पद).

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

Mekhalāpada (मेखलापद).—n.

(-daṃ) The hip and loins. E. mekhalā a zone, and pada place.

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

Mekhalāpada (मेखलापद).—[neuter] the place of the girdle, the hips.

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

Mekhalāpada (मेखलापद):—[=mekhalā-pada] [from mekhalā > mekhala] n. ‘g° -place’, the hips, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

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

Mekhalāpada (मेखलापद):—[mekhalā+pada] (daṃ) 1. n. The hip and loins.

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Mekhalapada in German

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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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