Nakhampaca, Nakhaṃpaca: 7 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Nakhaṃpaca (नखंपच).—a. Nail-scorching; कथमप्यभवत् स्मरानलोष्णः स्तनभारो न नखंपचः प्रियस्य (kathamapyabhavat smarānaloṣṇaḥ stanabhāro na nakhaṃpacaḥ priyasya) Śiśupālavadha 9.85; P.III.2.34 Sk.
Nakhampaca (नखम्पच).—mfn.
(-caḥ-cā-caṃ) What scalds the nail. E. nakha, and pac to cook, khaś aff. mum ca .
1) Nakhampaca (नखम्पच):—[=nakha-m-paca] [from nakha] mf(ā)n. n°-scalding, [Pāṇini 3-2, 34; Kāśikā-vṛtti]
2) [v.s. ...] scanty, shallow (water), [Kāvya literature]
Nakhampaca (नखम्पच):—[nakha-mpaca] (caḥ-cā-caṃ) a. Scalding the nail.
Nakhaṃpaca (नखंपच):—(nakham, acc. von nakha, + paca) adj. f. ā die Nägel verbrennend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 34.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 55.] pacā yavāgūḥ [Scholiast] [Śiśupālavadha 9, 85.]
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Nakhaṃpaca (नखंपच):—karg, winzig: ambhāṃsi saritām [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 27, 67.]
Nakhaṃpaca (नखंपच):—Adj. (f. ā) —
1) die Nägel verbrennend. —
2) karg , winzig (Wasserr).
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Nakhaṃpaca (ನಖಂಪಚ):—[adjective] barely or moderately warm; lukewarm.
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Nakhaṃpaca (ನಖಂಪಚ):—[noun] that which is barely or moderately warm.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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