Virataka, Virāṭaka: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVirāṭaka (विराटक).—A sort of inferior diamond.
Derivable forms: virāṭakaḥ (विराटकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVirāṭaka (विराटक).—m.
(-kaḥ) An inferior kind of diamond.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Virāṭaka (विराटक):—[from vi-rāj] m. a diamond of inferior quality, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) Virātaka (विरातक):—m. Terminalia Arunja, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) the fruit of Semecarpus Anacardium, [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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