Vakri, Vakrī: 9 definitions

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Vakri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

vakrī (वक्री).—a (S) That is proceeding from Aries towards Pisces;--used of a planet. 2 Of evil view or feeling towards. vakrīṃ (yēṇēṃ, jāṇēṃ, asaṇēṃ &c.) To come, go, be &c. as vakrī--a planet. vakrīṃ hōṇēṃ with vara of o. To behold (any one) with a malignant eye.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary
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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

Vakri (वक्रि).—a.

1) Equivocating.

2) Speaking falsely, lying.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vakri (वक्रि).—mfn. (-kriḥ-kriḥ-kri) Speaking falsely, uttering untruths, prevaricating, lying. E. vakra to be crooked, (metaphorically,) krin aff.

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

1) Vakri (वक्रि):—[from vaṅk] mfn. equivocating, prevaricating, lying, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Vakrī (वक्री):—[from vaṅk] in [compound] for vakra.

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

Vakri (वक्रि):—[(kriḥ-kriḥ-kri) a.] Speaking falsely, lying.

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

Vakri (वक्रि):—adj. unwahr redend [Śabdakalpadruma] und [WILSON] ohne Angabe einer Aut.

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

Vakrī (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:

1) 婆利 [pó lì]: “water”.

Source: DILA Glossaries: Sanskrit-Chinese-English (dictionary of Buddhism)
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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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Hindi dictionary

Vakrī (वक्री):—(a) crooked; moving in an adverse direction (planets etc).

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Kannada-English dictionary

Vakri (ವಕ್ರಿ):—[adjective] crooked; curved; bent.

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Vakri (ವಕ್ರಿ):—

1) [noun] a man with crooked mind; a cunning, dishonest man; a crook.

2) [noun] dried grass in a forest or on a mountain or hill.

3) [noun] the vine Cissus quadrangularis ( = Vitis quadrangularis) of Vitaceae family.

4) [noun] a singer who bends his head, turns away his face from the audience (which habit is considered as a defect).

5) [noun] (astrol.) the movement of a planet that is unfavourable for a person.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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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