Svarnakana, Svarṇakaṇa, Svarna-kana: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Svarṇakaṇa (स्वर्णकण).—a kind of bdellium (Mar. kaṇagugguḷa).

Derivable forms: svarṇakaṇaḥ (स्वर्णकणः).

Svarṇakaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms svarṇa and kaṇa (कण).

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Svarṇakaṇa (स्वर्णकण).—a grain of gold.

Derivable forms: svarṇakaṇaḥ (स्वर्णकणः).

Svarṇakaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms svarṇa and kaṇa (कण). See also (synonyms): svarṇakaṇikā.

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

Svarṇakaṇa (स्वर्णकण):—[=svarṇa-kaṇa] [from svarṇa] m. a kind of bdellium (= kaṇa-guggulu), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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