Shvetakola, Śvetakola, Shveta-kola: 5 definitions

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Shvetakola means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Śvetakola can be transliterated into English as Svetakola or Shvetakola, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śvetakola (श्वेतकोल).—a kind of fish (śaphara).

Derivable forms: śvetakolaḥ (श्वेतकोलः).

Śvetakola is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śveta and kola (कोल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śvetakola (श्वेतकोल).—m.

(-laḥ) The Saphara fish, (Cyprinus Sophore, Ham.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śvetakola (श्वेतकोल):—[=śveta-kola] [from śveta > śvit] m. the fish Cyprinus Sophore, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śvetakola (श्वेतकोल):—[śveta-kola] (laṃ) 1. m. The saphara fish.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shvetakola in German

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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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