The Sanskrit term Mṛgāntaka can be transliterated into English as Mrgantaka or Mrigantaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mṛgāntaka (मृगान्तक).—a small tiger or hunting leopard, hyena.

Derivable forms: mṛgāntakaḥ (मृगान्तकः).

Mṛgāntaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛga and antaka (अन्तक). See also (synonyms): mṛgādana.

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

Mṛgāntaka (मृगान्तक).—m.

(-kaḥ) The Chita or hunting leopard. E. mṛga a deer, antaka destroyer.

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

Mṛgāntaka (मृगान्तक):—[from mṛga > mṛg] m. ‘animal-destroyer’, a hunting leopard, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Mṛgāntaka (मृगान्तक):—[mṛgā+ntaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Hunting leopard.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mrigantaka 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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Partial matches: Mriga, Antaka.

Full-text: Mrigadana.

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