Toyashuktika, Toya-shuktika, Toyaśuktikā: 6 definitions

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Toyashuktika 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 Toyaśuktikā can be transliterated into English as Toyasuktika or Toyashuktika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Toyaśuktikā (तोयशुक्तिका).—an oyster.

Toyaśuktikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms toya and śuktikā (शुक्तिका).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Toyaśuktikā (तोयशुक्तिका).—f.

(-kā) An oyster. E. toya, and śuktikā an oyster.

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

Toyaśuktikā (तोयशुक्तिका):—[=toya-śuktikā] [from toya] f. a bivalve shell, oyster, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Toyaśuktikā (तोयशुक्तिका):—[toya-śuktikā] (kā) 1. f. An oyster.

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

Toyaśuktikā (तोयशुक्तिका):—(toya + śu) f. eine zweischalige Muschel, Auster [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Toyaśuktikā (तोयशुक्तिका):—f. eine zweischalige Muschel , Auster [Rājan 13,132.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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