Vakrikarana, Vakrīkaraṇa: 4 definitions
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Vakrikarana 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVakrīkaraṇa (वक्रीकरण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Curving, bending, distorting. E. vakra, and karaṇa making, cvi augment.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVakrīkaraṇa (वक्रीकरण):—[=vakrī-karaṇa] [from vakrī > vaṅk] n. curving, bending, distorting, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVakrīkaraṇa (वक्रीकरण):—[vakrī-karaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. A bending.
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVakrīkaraṇa (ವಕ್ರೀಕರಣ):—
1) [noun] the act of bending (an object) from straight line.
2) [noun] (phy.) the bending of a ray or wave of light, heat or sound as it passes obliquely from one medium to another of different density or through layers of different density in the same medium; refraction.
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)
Partial matches: Vakri, Karana.
Full-text: Vakkirikaranam, Vakribhavana.
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