Pankavasa, Paṅkavāsa, Panka-vasa: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Paṅkavāsa (पङ्कवास).—a crab.

Derivable forms: paṅkavāsaḥ (पङ्कवासः).

Paṅkavāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paṅka and vāsa (वास).

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

Paṅkavāsa (पङ्कवास).—m.

(-saḥ) A crab. E. paṅka, and vāsa abode.

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

Paṅkavāsa (पङ्कवास):—[=paṅka-vāsa] [from paṅka] m. ‘mud-dweller’, a crab, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Paṅkavāsa (पङ्कवास):—[paṅka-vāsa] (saḥ) 1. m. A crab.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pankavasa 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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