Varataka, Varāṭaka: 11 definitions
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India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryVaraṭakā.—(EI 1), ‘cowrie-shell used as a coin’; same as varāṭikā. Note: varaṭakā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Varāṭakā.—same as varāṭaka or varāṭikā. Note: varāṭakā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvarāṭaka (वराटक).—m S varāṭikā f S The shell called cowrie.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVarāṭaka (वराटक).—
1) A cowrie; a kind of measure 1/8 of a Paṇa; प्राप्तः काणवराटकोऽपि न मया तृष्णेऽधुना मुञ्च माम् (prāptaḥ kāṇavarāṭako'pi na mayā tṛṣṇe'dhunā muñca mām) Bhartṛhari 3.4.
2) The seed-vessed of the lotus-flower; औज्झि प्रियाङ्गैर्घृणयैव रूक्षा न वारिदुर्गात्तु वराटकस्य (aujjhi priyāṅgairghṛṇayaiva rūkṣā na vāridurgāttu varāṭakasya) N.7.18;11.11.
3) A string, rope (n. also in this sense).
Derivable forms: varāṭakaḥ (वराटकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVaraṭaka (वरटक).—m. or nt., border, edge(?): tasya (sc. nīlot-palasya) varaṭake candrastha-oṃkāraṃ bhāvayet Sādhanamālā 139.18; cakrābhyantara-varaṭake dhīḥkāraṃ…bhāvayet, bāhya-°ke kāliyogaṃ (see kāli)…cintayet 156.6—7.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVarāṭaka (वराटक).—mfn. Subst.
(-ṭakaḥ-ṭikā-ṭakaṃ) 1. A rope, a cord, a string. 2. The small shell, called a Cowri, and used as a coin. 3. The seedvessel of the lotus. f.
(-ṭikā) The Nageshwara plant. E. vṛñ to surround, aff. aṭac, and kan added.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVarāṭaka (वराटक).—[varāṭa + ka], m. f. tikā (and n.), 1. A rope. 2. The small shell, called cowrie, and used as a coin, [Pañcatantra] 135, 7. 3. The seed vessel of the lotus.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVarāṭaka (वराटक).—[masculine] ṭikā [feminine] = [preceding], cord, rope.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Varāṭaka (वराटक):—[from vara] m. a cowry, Cypraea Moneta (= 1/20 of a Kākiṇī or of a Paṇa), [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara; Sāhitya-darpaṇa] etc. (also f(ikā). )
2) [v.s. ...] the seed vessel of a lotus-flower, [Naiṣadha-carita]
3) [v.s. ...] a rope, cord, string (only ifc., with f(ā). ), [Mahābhārata xii, 2488] [varia lectio] varārakā
4) [from vara] n. a [particular] vegetable poison, [Suśruta]
5) Varaṭaka (वरटक):—[from vara] m. ([Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]) ([Bhāvaprakāśa]) = varaṭa, the seed of safflower.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVarāṭaka (वराटक):—[(kaḥ-ṭikā-kaṃ)] 1. m. f. n. A rope, a string; a cowrie; seed vessel of the lotus. f. (ṭikā) Nagaishma plant.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVarāṭaka (ವರಾಟಕ):—
1) [noun] = ವರಾಳ - [varala -] 1 & 2.
2) [noun] the seed vesel of a lotus flower.
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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