Samnahanika, Sāṃnahanika: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySāṃnahanika (सांनहनिक).—a. (-kī f.)
1) Bearing or putting on an armour; सांनाहिको यदा राजन् राजन्योऽथ पशुः शुचिः (sāṃnāhiko yadā rājan rājanyo'tha paśuḥ śuciḥ) Bhāgavata 9.7.14.
2) Calling to arms, encouraging to prepare for battle; शैलकटकतटभिन्नरवः प्रणनाद सांनहनिको- ऽस्य वारिजः (śailakaṭakataṭabhinnaravaḥ praṇanāda sāṃnahaniko- 'sya vārijaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 15.72; अकृतार्थश्च भीतश्च न च सांनाहको हतः (akṛtārthaśca bhītaśca na ca sāṃnāhako hataḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.71.11.
-kaḥ An armour-bearer.
See also (synonyms): sāṃnāhika.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sāṃnahanika (सांनहनिक):—mfn. ([from] saṃnahana) = next, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
2) m. an armour-bearer, [Horace H. Wilson]
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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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