Pakya, Pākya: 10 definitions

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Pakya 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pākya (पाक्य).—a. To be cooked, dressed, matured &c.

-kyaḥ Salt-petre.

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

Pākya (पाक्य).—mfn.

(-kyaḥ-kyā-kyaṃ) What may or is to be cooked, matured, &c. n. (kyaṃ) Bit-Labana, a medicinal salt, impregnated with iron. m.

(-kyaḥ) Nitre, salt-petre. E. pac to cook, aff. karmaṇi ṇyat.

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

Pākya (पाक्य).—i. e. pāka + ya, adj., n. A kind of salt.

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

Pākya (पाक्य).—[adjective] cookable or obtained by cooking.

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Pākyā (पाक्या).—[feminine] ([instrumental]) in simplicity or honesty.

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

1) Pākyā (पाक्या):—[from pāka] ind. in simplicity, in ignorance, [Ṛg-veda]

2) Pākya (पाक्य):—[from pāka] mfn. fit to cook, eatable, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Chāndogya-upaniṣad] (cf. bahu-.)

3) [v.s. ...] obtained by cooking or evaporation, [Suśruta]

4) [v.s. ...] ripening (See kṛṣṭa.)

5) [v.s. ...] n. (sc. lavaṇa) a kind of salt, [Suśruta]

6) [v.s. ...] m. saltpetre, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Pākya (पाक्य):—(kyaṃ) 1. n. A medicinal salt. m. Nitre. a. That may be cooked.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pākya (पाक्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pāima, Pāya.

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Pakya in German

context information

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

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pākya (ಪಾಕ್ಯ):—

1) [adjective] that is to be cooked.

2) [adjective] cooked.

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Pākya (ಪಾಕ್ಯ):—[noun] sodium nitrate, as found naturally; salt petre.

context information

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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