Pangugraha, Paṅgugrāha, Pangu-graha: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Paṅgugrāha (पङ्गुग्राह).—

1) a crocodile (makara).

2) the tenth sign of the zodiac; Capricornus (makara).

Derivable forms: paṅgugrāhaḥ (पङ्गुग्राहः).

Paṅgugrāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paṅgu and grāha (ग्राह).

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

Paṅgugrāha (पङ्गुग्राह).—m.

(-haḥ) One of the signs of the zodiac: see makara.

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

1) Paṅgugraha (पङ्गुग्रह):—[=paṅgu-graha] [from paṅgu] m. the sea-monster Makara (cf. paṅka-g), [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] one of the signs of the zodiac (cf. makara), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

Paṅgugrāha (पङ्गुग्राह):—[paṅgu-grāha] (haḥ) 1. m. Zodiacal sign.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pangugraha in German

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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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