Skandhavahaka, Skandhavāhaka, Skandha-vahaka, Skamdhavahaka: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySkandhavāhaka (स्कन्धवाहक).—an ox trained to carry burdens, pack-bullock.
Derivable forms: skandhavāhakaḥ (स्कन्धवाहकः).
Skandhavāhaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms skandha and vāhaka (वाहक). See also (synonyms): skandhavāha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySkandhavāhaka (स्कन्धवाहक).—m.
(-kaḥ) An ox of burden, a pack-bullock. E. kan added to the last; or skandha the shoulder, with vah to bear, aff. ṇvul .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySkandhavāhaka (स्कन्धवाहक).—m. an ox of burthen.
Skandhavāhaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms skandha and vāhaka (वाहक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySkandhavāhaka (स्कन्धवाहक):—[=skandha-vāhaka] [from skandha] m. ‘carrying burdens on the shoulders’ (as an ox etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySkandhavāhaka (स्कन्धवाहक):—[skandha-vāhaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Idem.
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 corpusSkaṃdhavāhaka (ಸ್ಕಂಧವಾಹಕ):—[noun] a draughting ox.
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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Partial matches: Vahaka, Skandha.
Full-text: Skandhavaha.
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