Vajrakshara, Vajrakṣāra, Vajra-kshara: 8 definitions

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Vajrakshara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Vajrakṣāra can be transliterated into English as Vajraksara or Vajrakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Ayurveda)

Vajrakṣāra (वज्रक्षार) refers to one of the nineteen types of Rasa according to the Rasasaṅgraha, as is mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vajrakṣāra (वज्रक्षार).—m S An impure carbonate of soda.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vajrakṣāra (वज्रक्षार).—an alkaline earth.

Derivable forms: vajrakṣāram (वज्रक्षारम्).

Vajrakṣāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and kṣāra (क्षार).

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

Vajrakṣāra (वज्रक्षार).—n.

(-raṃ) An alkaline earth, an impure carbonate of soda. E. vajra diamond, kṣāra alkali.

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

Vajrakṣāra (वज्रक्षार):—[=vajra-kṣāra] [from vajra > vaj] n. an alkaline earth, impure carbonate of soda, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vajrakṣāra (वज्रक्षार):—[vajra-kṣāra] (raṃ) 1. n. An alkaline earth.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vajrakshara 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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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vajrakṣāra (ವಜ್ರಕ್ಷಾರ):—[noun] an alkaline earth; impure carbonate of soda.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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