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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyālaka (व्यालक).—A vicious or wicked elephant.

Derivable forms: vyālakaḥ (व्यालकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vyālaka (व्यालक).—[, in Jātakamālā 165.17 according to Speyer elephant; Speyer was misled by Sanskrit Lex. id., rogue-elephant, which really means rogue, not primarily elephant. It could only mean either savage beast of some sort, or serpent, and in the Jātakamālā clearly the latter: khe toraṇa-vyālaka-vad babhāse, shone like a serpent on a toraṇa up in the air.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyālaka (व्यालक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A vicious elephant. E. kan added to the last.

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

1) Vyālaka (व्यालक):—[from vyāla] m. a vicious elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a beast of prey, or a serpent, [Mahābhārata]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyālaka (व्यालक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A vicious elephant.

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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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Starts with: Vyalakamkana, Vyalakanta, Vyalakaraja.

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