Shatamakha, Śatamakha, Shata-makha: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śatamakha can be transliterated into English as Satamakha or Shatamakha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚatamakha (शतमख).—
1) epithets of Indra; प्रसहेत रणे तवानुजान् द्विषतां कः शतमन्युतेजसः (prasaheta raṇe tavānujān dviṣatāṃ kaḥ śatamanyutejasaḥ) Ki. 2.23; Bhaṭṭikāvya 1.5; शतमखमुपतस्थे प्राञ्जलिः पुष्पधन्वा (śatamakhamupatasthe prāñjaliḥ puṣpadhanvā) Kumārasambhava 2. 64; R.9.13.
2) an owl.
Derivable forms: śatamakhaḥ (शतमखः).
Śatamakha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and makha (मख). See also (synonyms): śatamanyu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚatamakha (शतमख).—m.
(-khaḥ) 1. Indra. 2. An owl. E. śata, makha a sacrifice: the performance of a hundred Aśhwa-medhas obtaining this situation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚatamakha (शतमख).—[masculine] = śatayajña.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śatamakha (शतमख):—[=śata-makha] [from śata] m. ‘having a h° sacrifices’, Name of Indrā, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc. (cf. -kratu)
2) [v.s. ...] an owl, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚatamakha (शतमख):—[śata-makha] (khaḥ) 1. m. Indra.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚatamakha (ಶತಮಖ):—
1) [noun] Indra, who has performed one hundred religious sacrifices.
2) [noun] (pros.) a metrical foot consisting of three short syllablic instants (uuu); tribrachys.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Makha, Shata.
Full-text: Catamakan, Shatamanyu, Shatadhvari, Shatamakan, Shatayajna, Shatadharma, Shatadhriti, Shatasaptatamtu, Shatayajnopalakshita, Makha, Akhandita, Indra.
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