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Sanskrit dictionary

Vaiṇuka (वैणुक).—A piper, flute-player.

-kam A goad; see वेणुक (veṇuka).

Derivable forms: vaiṇukaḥ (वैणुकः).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vaiṇuka (वैणुक).—n.

(-kaṃ) A goad or bamboo-pike headed with iron, used to drive an elephant. m.

(-kaḥ) A player on a pipe or flute. E. veṇu a flute, ṭhak aff.

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

Vaiṇuka (वैणुक).—i. e. veṇu + ka, n. A bambu pike, headed with iron, used to drive an elephant.

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

1) Vaiṇuka (वैणुक):—[from vaiṇa] mfn. = veṇau sādhuḥ [gana] guḍādi

2) [v.s. ...] ([from] veṇukīya) [gana] bilvakādi

3) [v.s. ...] m. a flute-player, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] n. a pointed goad made of bamboo (for driving elephants), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vaiṇuka (वैणुक):—(kaṃ) 1. m. Idem; Elephant’s goad.

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

Vaiṇuka (वैणुक):—(von veṇu)

1) adj. a) = veṇau sāghu gaṇa guḍādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 103.] — b) adj. zu veṇukīyā gaṇa vilvakādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 153.] —

2) m. Flötenspieler [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —

3) n. ein Bambusstock zum Antreiben des Viehes (Elephanten) [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 9.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 352.]

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

context information

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

Vaiṇuka (ವೈಣುಕ):—

1) [noun] = ವೈಣವಿಕ [vainavika].

2) [noun] a bamboo staff fixed at one end with a sharp metal hook for driving and controlling elephants.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

context information

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: Vainukam.

Full-text: Vainukam, Vainukiya, Venuka.

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