Pandumrittika, Pāṇḍumṛttikā, Pandu-mrittika: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Pāṇḍumṛttikā can be transliterated into English as Pandumrttika or Pandumrittika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pāṇḍumṛttikā (पाण्डुमृत्तिका).—

1) white or pale soil.

2) the opal.

Pāṇḍumṛttikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāṇḍu and mṛttikā (मृत्तिका).

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

Pāṇḍumṛttikā (पाण्डुमृत्तिका).—f.

(-kā) 1. The opal. 2. A pale soil. E. pāṇḍu pale, and mṛttikā earth.

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

1) Pāṇḍumṛttika (पाण्डुमृत्तिक):—[=pāṇḍu-mṛttika] [from pāṇḍu] mfn. having a whitish or chalky soil, [Rāmāyaṇa]

2) Pāṇḍumṛttikā (पाण्डुमृत्तिका):—[=pāṇḍu-mṛttikā] [from pāṇḍu] f. = -bhūma m., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (also ka [in the beginning of a compound])

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

Pāṇḍumṛttikā (पाण्डुमृत्तिका):—[pāṇḍu-mṛttikā] (kā) 1. f. Idem; opal.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pandumrittika 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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