Vriddhakaka, Vṛddhakāka, Vriddha-kaka: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vṛddhakāka can be transliterated into English as Vrddhakaka or Vriddhakaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvṛddhakāka (वृद्धकाक).—m (S Old crow.) A term for a tough or hale and hardy old man.
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 dictionaryVṛddhakāka (वृद्धकाक).—a raven.
Derivable forms: vṛddhakākaḥ (वृद्धकाकः).
Vṛddhakāka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛddha and kāka (काक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhakāka (वृद्धकाक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A sort of crow or raven. E. vṛddha old or large, and kāka a crow.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhakāka (वृद्धकाक):—[=vṛddha-kāka] [from vṛddha > vṛdh] m. ‘large crow’, a sort of crow or raven, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhakāka (वृद्धकाक):—[vṛddha-kāka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A sort of crow or raven.
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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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