Panktidushaka, Paṅktidūṣaka, Pankti-dushaka: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Paṅktidūṣaka can be transliterated into English as Panktidusaka or Panktidushaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPaṅktidūṣaka (पङ्क्तिदूषक).—a person defiling a society at dinner-time; तेषामन्ये पङ्क्तिदूषा- स्तथाऽन्ये पङ्क्तिपावनाः (teṣāmanye paṅktidūṣā- stathā'nye paṅktipāvanāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.9.5.
Derivable forms: paṅktidūṣakaḥ (पङ्क्तिदूषकः).
Paṅktidūṣaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paṅkti and dūṣaka (दूषक). See also (synonyms): paṅktidūṣa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaṅktidūṣaka (पङ्क्तिदूषक).—m.
(-kaḥ) An improper person to associate with, an outcaste. E. paṅkti, and dūṣaka who spoils.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaṅktidūṣaka (पङ्क्तिदूषक):—[=paṅkti-dūṣaka] [from paṅkti] ([Varāha-mihira]) mfn. ‘defiling society’, (any person) improper to associate with.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaṅktidūṣaka (पङ्क्तिदूषक):—[paṅkti-dūṣaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. An outcast.
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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Partial matches: Dusaka, Pankti.
Full-text: Panktikantaka, Panktidusha, Dusaka, Nakshatrasucaka.
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