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 SubjectsSrāktya (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 DictionarySraktya (स्रक्त्य).—[masculine] a cert. plant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sraktya (स्रक्त्य):—m. a [particular] plant (= tilaka), [Atharva-veda; Kauśika-sūtra]
2) Srāktya (स्राक्त्य):—mfn. made from the plant Sraktya, [Atharva-veda; Kauśika-sūtra]
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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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Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
11. Goddess Kṛtyā < [Chapter 4 - Female Deities and the Glorification of Women in the Atharvaveda]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
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