Narkutaka, Narkuṭaka: 8 definitions

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Narkutaka 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.

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

[«previous next»] — Narkutaka in Chandas glossary
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)

1) Narkuṭaka (नर्कुटक) is the name of a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Narkuṭaka has 22 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 4, 5, 5, 4 and [SS] mātrās, where the 2nd and the 3rd pañcamātras must always have a long letter at the end.

2) Narkuṭaka (नर्कुटक) is another catuṣpadi metre having 22 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 6, [ISI or IIII], 4, 2, [S] and [IIS] mātrās, where the 2nd and the 3rd pañcamātras must always have a long letter at the end.

Chandas book cover
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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Narkuṭaka (नर्कुटक).—Nose.

Derivable forms: narkuṭakam (नर्कुटकम्).

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

Narkuṭaka (नर्कुटक).—n.

(-kaṃ) The nose.

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

1) Narkuṭaka (नर्कुटक):—[from narka] n. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a kind of metre, [Varāha-mihira] (cf. nardaṭaka).

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

Narkuṭaka (नर्कुटक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. The nose.

[Sanskrit to German]

Narkutaka 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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Narkutaka in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Narkuṭaka (ನರ್ಕುಟಕ):—[noun] (pros.) a metre having seventeen syllables in each line.

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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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