Pucchakantaka, Pucchakaṇṭaka, Puccha-kantaka: 3 definitions
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Pucchakantaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Puchchhakantaka.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPucchakaṇṭaka (पुच्छकण्टक).—a scorpion.
Derivable forms: pucchakaṇṭakaḥ (पुच्छकण्टकः).
Pucchakaṇṭaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puccha and kaṇṭaka (कण्टक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPucchakaṇṭaka (पुच्छकण्टक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A scorpion. “vṛścike” .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPucchakaṇṭaka (पुच्छकण्टक):—[=puccha-kaṇṭaka] [from puccha] m. ‘whose sting is in its tail’, a scorpion, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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