Mritakantaka, Mṛtakāntaka, Mrita-kantaka, Mritaka-antaka: 6 definitions

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Mritakantaka 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 Mṛtakāntaka can be transliterated into English as Mrtakantaka or Mritakantaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Mritakantaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mṛtakāntaka (मृतकान्तक).—a jackal; Nighaṇṭa-ratnākara.

Derivable forms: mṛtakāntakaḥ (मृतकान्तकः).

Mṛtakāntaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛta and kāntaka (कान्तक).

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Mṛtakāntaka (मृतकान्तक).—a jackal.

Derivable forms: mṛtakāntakaḥ (मृतकान्तकः).

Mṛtakāntaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛtaka and antaka (अन्तक).

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

Mṛtakāntaka (मृतकान्तक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A jackal. E. mṛta dead, and kāntaka fond of.

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

Mṛtakāntaka (मृतकान्तक):—[from mṛtaka > mṛ] m. ‘consumer of corpses’, a jackal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Mṛtakāntaka (मृतकान्तक):—[mṛta-kāntaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A jackal.

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Mritakantaka 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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