Sraktya, Srāktya: 4 definitions

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Sraktya 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.

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Srāktya (स्राक्त्य) is an adjective describing an amulet (Maṇi) in the Atharvaveda. According to Weber, it designates a crystal (literally ‘many-cornered’). The commentators, however, agree in explaining the word to mean ‘derived from the Sraktya’—i.e., from the Tilaka tree (Clerodendrum phlomoides).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Sraktya (स्रक्त्य).—[masculine] a cert. plant.

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

1) Sraktya (स्रक्त्य):—m. a [particular] plant (= tilaka), [Atharva-veda; Kauśika-sūtra]

2) Srāktya (स्राक्त्य):—mfn. made from the plant Sraktya, [Atharva-veda; Kauśika-sūtra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Sraktya in German

context information

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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