Sharkaraka, Śarkaraka, Śārkaraka: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śarkaraka and Śārkaraka can be transliterated into English as Sarkaraka or Sharkaraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Śarkaraka (शर्करक).—A kind of citron or lime.
Derivable forms: śarkarakaḥ (शर्करकः).
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Śārkaraka (शार्करक).—a. Gravelly, stony.
See also (synonyms): śārkarika, śārkarīya.
Śārkaraka (शार्करक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Gravelly, stony, &c. E. śārkara the same, and kak added; also from śarkara with ṭhak aff. śārkarika.
1) Śarkaraka (शर्करक):—[from śarkara] mfn. ([from] śarkarā) [gana] ṛśyādi
2) [v.s. ...] m. a species of sweet citron or lime, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Śārkaraka (शार्करक):—[from śārka] mfn. gravelly, stony, [Horace H. Wilson] (cf. [Pāṇini 4-2, 83])
4) [v.s. ...] m. a place abounding in stones or gravel, [ib.]
Śārkaraka (शार्करक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Gravelly.
Śarkaraka (शर्करक):—adj. (caturṣvartheṣu) von śarkarā gaṇa ṛśyādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 80.]
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Śārkaraka (शार्करक):—adj. (caturṣvartheṣu) von śarkarā [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 83.] gaṇa varāhādi zu [80.]
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: Sharkarakalka, Sharkarakarshin.
Full-text: Parvasharkaraka, Sharkarika, Gudasharkaraka, Sharkariya.
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