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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upākhyānaka (उपाख्यानक).—

1) A short tale or narrative, an episode; नाचिकेतमुपाख्यानं मृत्युप्रोक्तं सनातनम् (nāciketamupākhyānaṃ mṛtyuproktaṃ sanātanam) Kaṭh. Up.1. 3.16. उपाख्यानैर्विना तावद् भारतं प्रोच्यते बुधैः (upākhyānairvinā tāvad bhārataṃ procyate budhaiḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.1.13.

2) Repetition of a story already heard from others.

Derivable forms: upākhyānakam (उपाख्यानकम्).

See also (synonyms): upākhyāna.

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

Upākhyānaka (उपाख्यानक).—[upākhyāna + ka], n. A tale, [Pañcatantra] 222, 23.

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

Upākhyānaka (उपाख्यानक).—[neuter] short narrative, episode.

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

Upākhyānaka (उपाख्यानक):—[from upākhyā] n. idem

[Sanskrit to German]

Upakhyanaka in German

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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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