Phutkara, Phūtkāra, Phutkāra, Phut-kara: 15 definitions

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In Hinduism

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

Source: archive.org: Mandala-brahmana Upanishad of Shukla-Yajurveda

Phūtkāra (फूत्कार, “booming”) according to the Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇa-upaniṣad.—When the two ears are closed by the tips of the forefingers, a phūtkāra (or booming) sound is heard. When the mind is fixed on it, it sees a blue light between the eyes as also in the heart. (This is antarlakṣya or internal introvision).

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Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

phūtkāra (फूत्कार).—m (S) Hissing or hiss: also puffing, blowing, spitting (of enraged snakes, cats, buffaloes).

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

phūtkāra (फूत्कार).—m Hissing.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Phutkāra (फुत्कार) or Phūtkāra (फूत्कार).—f.

1) blowing into.

2) hissing, whizzing.

3) the hiss of a serpent.

4) sobbing.

5) screaming, a loud shriek, yell. फूत्काररन्ध्रम् (phūtkārarandhram) the hole of a flute.

Derivable forms: phutkāraḥ (फुत्कारः), phūtkāraḥ (फूत्कारः).

Phutkāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms phut and kāra (कार). See also (synonyms): phutkṛta, phutkṛti.

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

Phutkara (फुत्कर).—m.

(-raḥ) Fire. E. phut boiling and kara who makes.

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Phutkāra (फुत्कार).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) Arrogant, contemtuous, disdainful. m.

(-raḥ) 1. The sound of bubbling or breathing into, (as to cool it.) E. phut expression of contempt, and kāra who makes.

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Phūtkāra (फूत्कार).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. Bubbling. 2. Sobbing. 3. Blowing or breathing into any liquid. E. phūt and kāra making.

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

Phutkāra (फुत्कार).—[phut-kāra], I. adj. Disdainful, arrogant. Ii. m. The sound of bubbling (see phūtkāra).

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Phūtkāra (फूत्कार).—[phūt-kāra], m. 1. Blowing, hissing, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 22, 183. 2. Crying aloud, 13, 59.

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

Phutkāra (फुत्कार).—[masculine] [abstract] to [preceding]

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Phūtkāra (फूत्कार).—[masculine] phūtkṛti [feminine] = phutkṛ etc.

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

1) Phutkara (फुत्कर):—[=phut-kara] [from phut] m. ‘making a crackling noise’, fire, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Phutkāra (फुत्कार):—[=phut-kāra] [from phut] m. puffing, blowing, hissing, the hiss of a serpent (also phūt-k), [Kathāsaritsāgara; Kuvalayānanda]

3) [v.s. ...] shrieking, screaming, [Bhartṛhari; Kathāsaritsāgara]

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

1) Phutkara (फुत्कर):—[phu-tkara] (raḥ) 1. m. Fire.

2) Phutkāra (फुत्कार):—[phu-tkāra] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Disdainful. m. Sound of bubbling or blowing.

3) Phūtkāra (फूत्कार):—[phū-tkāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Blowing on liquids.

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

Phūtkāra (फूत्कार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Phukkāra.

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Phutkara 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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Phūtkāra (फूत्कार) [Also spelled futkar]:—(nf) a whizzing sound, hiss.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Phūtkāra (ಫೂತ್ಕಾರ):—[noun] the act of making a prolonged sound as of goose or snake when provoked or alarmed or of escaping steam, air, through a nozzle, etc.; a hissing sound.

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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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Nepali dictionary

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Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Phutkāra (फुत्कार):—n. 1. hissing; whizzing; 2. hiss of a serpent;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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