Minaketana, Mīnakētana, Mīnaketana, Mina-ketana: 9 definitions
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Minaketana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymīnakētana (मीनकेतन).—m S (Fish-banner.) The ensign of kāmadēva (Cupid). A fish is painted on it.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmīnakētana (मीनकेतन).—m The ensign of kāmadēva (Cupid).
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 dictionaryMīnaketana (मीनकेतन).—the god of love.
Derivable forms: mīnaketanaḥ (मीनकेतनः).
Mīnaketana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mīna and ketana (केतन). See also (synonyms): mīnadhvaja.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMīnaketana (मीनकेतन).—m.
(-naḥ) Kamadeva. E. mīna a fish, and ketana a symbol.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMīnaketana (मीनकेतन).—(having as sign a fish), m. the god of love, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 1, 64.
Mīnaketana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mīna and ketana (केतन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMīnaketana (मीनकेतन):—[=mīna-ketana] [from mīna] m. ‘fish-bannered’, the God of love, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMīnaketana (मीनकेतन):—[mīna-ketana] (naḥ) 1. m. Kāma.
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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: Ketana, Mina.
Starts with: Minaketanan.
Full-text: Minadhvaja, Minanka, Sandanem.
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