Pridaku, Pṛdāku: 10 definitions
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Pridaku 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.
The Sanskrit term Pṛdāku can be transliterated into English as Prdaku or Pridaku, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
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Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha ChikitsaPṛdaku (पृदकु) is a synonym of Sarpa (“snake”), according to the Amarakośa.—The Sanatkumāra Saṃhitā (III.36cd-37ab) states that snakes are of two kinds, Nāgas and Sarpas. While the former can take any form they desire, the latter are those which glide. The Amarakośa (verses I.10.3-6) gives 33 synonyms for snake [viz. Pṛdaku]. Snakes are said to reside in Nāgaloka which is located in the endless bowels of the earth with countless palaces, houses and towers, it is also known as pātālaloka.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPṛdāku (पृदाकु).—
1) A scorpion.
2) A tiger.
3) A serpent, adder; पृदाकुरिव निर्मुक्तो मोक्तव्योऽयं मया यदि (pṛdākuriva nirmukto moktavyo'yaṃ mayā yadi) Śiva B.15.21.
4) A tree.
5) An elephant.
6) A panther (citraka).
Derivable forms: pṛdākuḥ (पृदाकुः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛdāku (पृदाकु).—m.
(-kuḥ) 1. A snake. 2. A scorpion. 3. A tiger. 4. A leopard or the small hunting leopard. 5. An elephant. 6. A tree. E. parda to fart, Unadi aff. kāku; the vowel substituted for the semi-vowel.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛdāku (पृदाकु).— (vb. pard?) m., f. kū. 1. A snake, Mahābhārata 3, 12190. 2. A scorpion. 3. A tiger. 4. A leopard. 5. An elephant. 6. A tree.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛdāku (पृदाकु).—[masculine] pṛdākū [feminine] adder, snake.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pṛdāku (पृदाकु):—m. an adder, viper, snake, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata] (also dākū f.)
2) a tiger or panther, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) cf. [Latin] pardus, pardalis etc.
4) an elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) a tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛdāku (पृदाकु):—(kuḥ) 2. m. A snake; a scorpion; a tiger; a leopard; a tree.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusPṛdāku (ಪೃದಾಕು):—
1) [noun] a snake.
2) [noun] a scorpion.
3) [noun] a tiger.
4) [noun] an elephant.
5) [noun] a leapord.
6) [noun] a kind of tree.
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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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.17.15 < [Sukta 17]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
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Chapter 360 - Synonyms denoting the celestial region and the nether world
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
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