Mridukantaka, Mṛdukaṇṭaka, Mridu-kantaka: 2 definitions
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Mridukantaka 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.
The Sanskrit term Mṛdukaṇṭaka can be transliterated into English as Mrdukantaka or Mridukantaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMṛdukaṇṭaka (मृदुकण्टक).—a kind of sheat-fish.
Derivable forms: mṛdukaṇṭakaḥ (मृदुकण्टकः).
Mṛdukaṇṭaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛdu and kaṇṭaka (कण्टक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMṛdukaṇṭaka (मृदुकण्टक):—[=mṛdu-kaṇṭaka] [from mṛdu > mṛd] m. a kind of sheat-fish, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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