Vyokara: 7 definitions
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Vyokara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVyokara (व्योकर).—A blacksmith; व्योकाराः शौल्विकास्तथा (vyokārāḥ śaulvikāstathā) Śiva B.31.17.
Derivable forms: vyokaraḥ (व्योकरः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyokāra (व्योकार).—m.
(-raḥ) A blacksmith. E. vyo an imitative sound, or iron, kāra who makes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyokāra (व्योकार).—[vyo-kāra] (vyo is perhaps an imitative sound), m. A blacksmith.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyokāra (व्योकार):—[=vyo-kāra] m. ([probably]) ‘making the sound vyo’, a blacksmith, [Harṣacarita]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyokāra (व्योकार):—(raḥ) 1. m. A blacksmith.
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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 corpusVyōkāra (ವ್ಯೋಕಾರ):—
1) [noun] a smith who works in iron; a blacksmith.
2) [noun] (gen.) a person who makes or repairs metal objects, esp. by shaping the metal while it is hot and soft; a smith; a metal-worker.
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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