Nagadantika, Nāgadantika: 3 definitions

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

Nāgadantika (नागदन्तिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A wooden pin or bracket, projecting from a wall, a shelf. E. nāgadanta an elephant’s tooth, and kan affix of resemblance.

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Nāgadantikā (नागदन्तिका).—f.

(-kā) A plant, commonly called Ramaduti, see viśalyā . E. nāgadantī a plant, and kan affix of resemblance. (vichāti .)

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

Nāgadantikā (नागदन्तिका):—[=nāga-dantikā] [from nāga-dantaka > nāga] f. Tragia Involucrata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Nāgadantikā (नागदन्तिका):—[nāga-dantikā] (kā) 1. f. A plant.

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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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