Stambaghana, Stamba-ghana: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Stambaghana (स्तम्बघन).—

1) a small hoe for weeding clumps of grass.

2) a sickle for cutting corn.

3) a basket for holding the heads of wild rice.

Derivable forms: stambaghanaḥ (स्तम्बघनः).

Stambaghana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms stamba and ghana (घन).

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

Stambaghana (स्तम्बघन).—m.

(-naḥ) 1. A small hoe for weeding or eradicating clusters of gramineous plants. 2. A sickle or instrument for cutting corn. 3. A basket for holding the heads of wild-rice, &c., when cut. E. stamba a cluster, (of stalks,) a sheaf, han to destroy, ap aff.; also with kac aff., stambaghna; in each case gha being substituted for ha .

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

Stambaghana (स्तम्बघन).—m. 1. a small hoe for weeding. 2. A sickle. 3. A basket for the heads of wild rice.

Stambaghana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms stamba and ghana (घन).

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

Stambaghana (स्तम्बघन):—[=stamba-ghana] [from stamba] m. ‘clump-destroyer’, a small hoe for weeding or eradicating clumps of grass, a sickle for cutting corn etc., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Stambaghana (स्तम्बघन):—[stamba-ghana] (naḥ) 1. m. Small hoe for weeding; a sickle; a basket for the heads of wild rice, &c when cut.

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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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