Samtanaka, Saṃtānaka: 4 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSaṃtānaka (संतानक).—The first worlds created by Brahmā from the gloomy mass. Here are Pitṛs, sons of the progenitor Virājas.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 9. 52: 10. 3.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaṃtānaka (संतानक).—
1) One of the five trees of Indra's paradise or its flower; दधतः सन्तानकानां स्रजः (dadhataḥ santānakānāṃ srajaḥ) Nāg.3.9. [It may be the tree Rhododendron Arborium. It is a tree which grows abundantly on the Himālaya. It gives good shade and bears beautiful flowers, having five united petals. The meaning of the word suggests a profuse growth both of the individual and its progeny.]
2) (pl.) Name of a particular world; लोकान् संतानकान्नाम यास्यन्तीमे समागताः (lokān saṃtānakānnāma yāsyantīme samāgatāḥ) Rām.7.11.18; Kumārasambhava 6.4;7.3; Śiśupālavadha 6.67.
Derivable forms: saṃtānakaḥ (संतानकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saṃtānaka (संतानक):—[=saṃ-tānaka] [from saṃ-tāna > saṃ-tan] mf(ikā)n. stretching, spreading, who or what spreads, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] m. one of the five trees of Indra’s heaven, the Kalpa tree or its flower, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] Name of [particular] worlds, [Rāmāyaṇa]
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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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Starts with: Samtanakakirna, Samtanakamaya, Samtanakaranya, Samtanakarman, Samtanakartri, Santanaka.
Ends with: Santanaka.
Full-text: Samtanakamaya, Samtanakaranya, Samtanakakirna, Samtanika, Santanaka, Kalpataru.
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