Rikara, Ṛkāra, Rakāra, Rakara, Rākāra: 20 definitions
Introduction:
Rikara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
The Sanskrit term Ṛkāra can be transliterated into English as Rkara or Rikara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Hrikar.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Ṛkāra (ऋकार).—8th face of the fourteen-faced god; Sāvarṇi Manu from.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 26. 40.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Ṛkāra (ऋकार).—The letter ऋ (ṛ) with its 18 varieties made up of the ह्रस्व, दीर्घ, प्लुत (hrasva, dīrgha, pluta), and सानुनासिक (sānunāsika) varieties and characterized by the three accents. ऋ (ṛ) and लृ (lṛ) are looked upon as cognate in Pāṇini's grammar and hence, ऋ (ṛ) could be looked upon as possessed of 30 varieties including 12 varieties of लृ (lṛ).
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
rakāra (रकार).—m (The alphabetical name of the letter ra, this being the initial of raḍaṇēṃ) Crying, piping, puling, whimpering: also mean sniveling or whining as expressive of spiritlessness or faintheartedness. 2 (From the figurative sense of raḍaṇēṃ To fail or be quashed.) Failure, perishing, abortiveness (of a business or scheme). v kara, hō.
rakāra (रकार).—m Crying, whimpering.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Ṛkāra (ऋकार).—[masculine] the sound ṛ.
Rakāra (रकार).—[masculine] the sound ra.
1) Ṛkāra (ऋकार):—[=ṛ-kāra] [from ṛ] m. the letter or sound ṛ, [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya; Atharvaveda-prātiśākhya etc.]
2) Ṝkāra (ॠकार):—[=ṝ-kāra] [from ṝ] m. the letter or sound ṝ, [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya]
Rakāra (रकार):—[=ra-kāra] [from ra] m. the letter or sound ra, [Rāmāyaṇa]
Ṝkāra (ॠकार):—(ṝ + kāra) m. der Laut ṝ; davon denom. ṝkārīyati und mit upa uparkārīyati [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 91,] [Scholiast]
Rakāra (रकार):—m. der Laut ra [Rāmāyaṇa.3,43,35.] [Oxforder Handschriften 99,a,16.]
Ṛkāra (ऋकार):—m. der Laut ṛ [Prātiśākhya]
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Ṝkāra (ॠकार):—m. der Laut ṛ [Prātiśākhya] Davon Denom. rīyati und mit upa — uparkārīyati.
Rakāra (रकार):—m. der Laut v ra.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Ṛkāra (ऋकार) [Also spelled hrikar]:—(nm) the letter [ṛ] (ri) and its sound; ~[rāṃta] (a word) ending in [ṛ] (ri).
Rakāra (रकार):—(nm) the letter '[ra]' (ra) and its sound; ~[rāṃta] (a word) ending in [r].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Ṛkāra (ಋಕಾರ):—[noun] the letter 'ಋ'.
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Ṟakāra (ಱಕಾರ):—[noun] the letter or the sound of 'ಱ' (usu. pronounced with the vowel 'ಅ'.
Rakāra (ರಕಾರ):—[noun] the letter 'ರ [ra] ' (usu. pronounced with the vowel 'ಅ').
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Ṛkāra (ऋकार):—n. the letter /ऋ/ and its sound /ri/;
Rakāra (रकार):—n. the letter 'र'; the second letter of the semi vowel;
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.
Pali-English dictionary
1) rakāra (ရကာရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[ra+kāra．rakāra-saṃ．]
[ရ+ကာရ။ ရကာရ-သံ။]
2) rākāra (ရာကာရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[rā+kāra]
[ရာ+ကာရ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) rakāra—
(Burmese text): (က) ရအက္ခရာ။ (ခ) ရဟူ၍ ရွတ်ဆို ခြင်း၊ ရ-သဒ္ဒါ။
(Auto-Translation): (a) Letter "Ra". (b) Pronunciation as "Ya", "Ra-Tha".
2) rākāra—
(Burmese text): ယကာရ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Look at the tickets.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ri, Kara, Ra.
Full-text (+0): Rakarata, Rakaragama, Ratva, Tusharamshu, Rakaradiramasahasranaman, Rikar, Rakaar, Hrikar, Prikta, Shatsahasri, Repha, Sa-hiranya-bhaga-bhog-oparikara-sarv-adaya-sameta, Vahni, Udaya, Savarni, Moriya, Vaivasvata, Avagraha.
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