Raktakanthin, Raktakaṇṭhin, Rakta-kanthin: 5 definitions
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Raktakaṇṭhin (रक्तकण्ठिन्).—a. sweet-voiced. (-m.) the cuckoo; प्लावितै रक्तकण्ठानां कूजितैश्च पतत्रिणाम् (plāvitai raktakaṇṭhānāṃ kūjitaiśca patatriṇām) Bhāgavata 4.6.12.
Raktakaṇṭhin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rakta and kaṇṭhin (कण्ठिन्). See also (synonyms): raktakaṇṭha.
Raktakaṇṭhin (रक्तकण्ठिन्).—[adjective] = [preceding] [adjective]
Raktakaṇṭhin (रक्तकण्ठिन्):—[=rakta-kaṇṭhin] [from rakta > raj] mfn. = -kaṇṭha, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
Raktakaṇṭhin (रक्तकण्ठिन्):—adj. dass.: gāyakāḥ [Mahābhārata 7, 2913.] [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 37, 3.]
Raktakaṇṭhin (रक्तकण्ठिन्):—Adj. = raktakaṇṭha 1).
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: Kanthin, Rakta.
Full-text: Raktakantha.
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