Phalapakanta, Phalapākāntā, Phala-pakanta: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPhalapākāntā (फलपाकान्ता).—an annual plant; ओषध्यः फलपाकान्ताः (oṣadhyaḥ phalapākāntāḥ) Ak.
Phalapākāntā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms phala and pākāntā (पाकान्ता). See also (synonyms): phalapākāvasānā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPhalapākāntā (फलपाकान्ता).—f.
(-ntā) An annual plant. E. phala fruit, pāka ripening or ripeness, and anta end; dying after bearing fruit.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPhalapākānta (फलपाकान्त).—i. e. phala-pāka + anta, I. adj., f. tā, Perishing when the fruit is mature, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 46. Ii. f. tā, An annual plant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPhalapākānta (फलपाकान्त).—[adjective] perishing after the ripening of its fruit (plant).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPhalapākāntā (फलपाकान्ता):—[=phala-pākāntā] [from phala-pāka > phala > phal] f. a plant ending or perishing with the ripening of f°, an annual plant. ([Manu-smṛti])
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPhalapākāntā (फलपाकान्ता):—[phala-pākā-ntā] (ntā) 1. f. An animal.
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: Phala, Phalapaka.
Starts with: Phalapakamtate.
Full-text: Phalapakavasana, Oshadhi, Upaga, Anta.
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