Vighnanayaka, Vighnanāyaka, Vighna-nayaka: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVighnanāyaka (विघ्ननायक).—epithets of Gaṇeśa.
Derivable forms: vighnanāyakaḥ (विघ्ननायकः).
Vighnanāyaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vighna and nāyaka (नायक). See also (synonyms): vighnanāśaka, vighnanāśana.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVighnanāyaka (विघ्ननायक):—[=vi-ghna-nāyaka] [from vi-ghna > vi-ghana] m. ‘obstacle-chief’, Name of Gaṇeśa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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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Partial matches: Nayaka, Vighna.
Full-text: Amoda, Arighna, Vighnanashana, Vighnajit, Vighnanashaka, Sumukha, Durmukha.
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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