Prajakara, Prajākāra, Praja-kara: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrajākāra (प्रजाकार).—author of the creation.
Derivable forms: prajākāraḥ (प्रजाकारः).
Prajākāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prajā and kāra (कार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prajākara (प्रजाकर):—[=prajā-kara] [from prajā > pra-jan] m. a symbol. Name for ‘a sword’ (!), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Prajākāra (प्रजाकार):—[=prajā-kāra] [from prajā > pra-jan] m. the author of creation, [Harivaṃśa]
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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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Partial matches: Kaara, Praja, Kara.
Full-text: Prajnakara, Dhanya.
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