Napumsakatva, Napuṃsakatva: 3 definitions
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Napumsakatva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
napuṃsakatva (नपुंसकत्व).—n Impotency.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Napuṃsakatva (नपुंसकत्व):—n. nom. abstr. von napuṃsaka
1) [Hemacandra] [Yogaśāstra 2, 102.]
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
Napuṃsakatva (ನಪುಂಸಕತ್ವ):—
1) [noun] the condition or quality of one’s sexual organs being imperfect or undeveloped.
2) [noun] the quality or condition of being an eunuch.
3) [noun] lack of qualities gen. regarded as those that a man should have as virility, courage, resoluteness, vitality, vigour or form in this gender.
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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Full-text (+0): Napumsakatana, Sattvaguna.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Abhijnana Shakuntalam (Sanskrit and English) (by Saradaranjan Ray)
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Review article on kukkutanda twaka bhasma < [2021: Volume 10, July issue 8]
Abhijnana Sakuntalam (with translation and notes) (by Bidhubhusan Goswami)
Prastavana (prologue): Translation and notes < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and notes]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
A review of purush vyandhatva nidan < [2020, Issue 1, January]