Tirahkri, Tiraḥkṛ, Tirah-kri: 2 definitions

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Tirahkri 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.

The Sanskrit term Tiraḥkṛ can be transliterated into English as Tirahkr or Tirahkri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Tiraḥkṛ (तिरःकृ):—[=tiraḥ-√kṛ] [from tiraḥ] See ras-√kṛ.

2) [=tiras-√kṛ] [from tiras > tiraḥ] -karoti (also rah k, [Pāṇini 1-4, 72; viii, 3, 42]; [indeclinable participle] -kṛtya [also raḥ kṛtvā, [ib.]] [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra vi; Manu-smṛti iv, 49])

2) —to set aside, remove, cover, conceal, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.;

2) —to excel, [Raghuvaṃśa iii, 8; Pañcatantra; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] etc.;

2) —to blame, abuse, treat disrespectfully, despise, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Hitopadeśa]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Tiraḥkṛ (तिरःकृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Aṃbāḍa, Tirakkara.

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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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