The Sanskrit term Mṛgadhūrtaka can be transliterated into English as Mrgadhurtaka or Mrigadhurtaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mṛgadhūrtaka (मृगधूर्तक).—a jackal.

Derivable forms: mṛgadhūrtakaḥ (मृगधूर्तकः).

Mṛgadhūrtaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛga and dhūrtaka (धूर्तक). See also (synonyms): mṛgadhūrta.

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

Mṛgadhūrtaka (मृगधूर्तक).—m. A jackal.

Mṛgadhūrtaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛga and dhūrtaka (धूर्तक).

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

Mṛgadhūrtaka (मृगधूर्तक):—[=mṛga-dhūrtaka] [from mṛga > mṛg] m. ‘animal-deceiver’, a jackal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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: Mriga, Dhurtaka.

Full-text: Mrigadhurta.

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