Tantraka, Tamtraka: 9 definitions
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Tantraka 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTantraka (तन्त्रक).—A new garment (unbleached cloth); वसानस्तन्त्रकनिभे सर्वाङ्गीणे तरुत्वचौ (vasānastantrakanibhe sarvāṅgīṇe tarutvacau) Bhaṭṭikāvya 4.4.
Derivable forms: tantrakaḥ (तन्त्रकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTantraka (तन्त्रक).—n.
(-kaṃ) New and unbleached cloth. E. tantra the loom, and kan affix, recently from the loom.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTantraka (तन्त्रक).—[tantra + ka], a substitute for tantra, as latter part of comp. words, e. g. pañcatantraka, i. e. pañcan-, n. The five books, title of a work.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTantraka (तन्त्रक).—[adjective] recent from the loom, quite new (cloth); adj. —° doctrine, scientific work.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tantraka (तन्त्रक):—[from tan] a mfn. recently from the loom, new and unbleached, [Pāṇini 5-2, 70]
2) [v.s. ...] ifc. for tra, doctrine See pañca-
3) [from tanti] b etc. See [columns] 1, 2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTantraka (तन्त्रक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. New unbleached cloth, just from the loom.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTaṃtraka (ತಂತ್ರಕ):—[noun] a piece of new cloth (esp. the unbleached one).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Tantrakantha, Tantrakara, Tantrakashtha, Tantrakaumudi.
Ends with: Apatantraka, Pancatantraka.
Full-text: Apatantraka, Tantrana, Tantrika.
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