Tirthakaka, Tīrthakāka, Tirtha-kaka: 6 definitions
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Tirthakaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarytīrthakāka (तीर्थकाक).—m (S A crow at a place of pilgrimage.) A term for a person ever watchful after some booty or spoil; a sharper, shark, harpy, gullcatcher.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishtīrthakāka (तीर्थकाक).—m A person ever watchful after some booty; a harpy.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTīrthakāka (तीर्थकाक).—an unsteady pupil; P.II.1.42 Vārt.;
Derivable forms: tīrthakākaḥ (तीर्थकाकः).
Tīrthakāka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tīrtha and kāka (काक).
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Tīrthakāka (तीर्थकाक).—'a crow at a sacred bathing-place', i. e. a very greedy person (lolupa).
Derivable forms: tīrthakākaḥ (तीर्थकाकः).
Tīrthakāka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tīrtha and kāka (काक). See also (synonyms): tīrthadhvāṅkṣa, tīrthavāyasa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryTīrthakāka (तीर्थकाक):—[=tīrtha-kāka] [from tīrtha > tīra] m. ‘crow at a T°’, an unsteady pupil, [Pāṇini 2-1, 42], [vArttika], [Patañjali]
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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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Partial matches: Kaka, Tirtha.
Full-text: Tirthadhvanksha, Tirthavayasa, Kaka.
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