Vankalakacarya, Vaṅkālakācārya: 3 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Vaṅkālakācārya (वङ्कालकाचार्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—an astronomer. Quoted by Bhaṭṭotpala on Bṛhajjātaka 15, 1. He wrote in Prākṛt.

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

Vaṅkālakācārya (वङ्कालकाचार्य):—[from vaṅk] m. (Prākṛt for vakrāl?) Name of an astronomer (who wrote in Prākṛt), [Catalogue(s)]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vankalakacarya 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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