Mushtikantaka, Muṣṭikāntaka, Mushtika-antaka: 5 definitions

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Mushtikantaka 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 Muṣṭikāntaka can be transliterated into English as Mustikantaka or Mushtikantaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Muṣṭikāntaka (मुष्टिकान्तक).—an epithet of Balarāma.

Derivable forms: muṣṭikāntakaḥ (मुष्टिकान्तकः).

Muṣṭikāntaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms muṣṭika and antaka (अन्तक).

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

Muṣṭikāntaka (मुष्टिकान्तक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A name of Baladeva the brother of Krishna.

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

Muṣṭikāntaka (मुष्टिकान्तक):—[from muṣṭika > muṣ] m. ‘annihilator of M°’, Name of Bala-deva (the brother of Kṛṣṇa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Mushtikantaka 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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