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The Sanskrit term ṃśa can be transliterated into English as Kamsa or Kamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

: ISKCON Press: Glossary

ṃs (कं�).—A demoniac king of the Bhoja dynasty and maternal uncle of Kṛṣṇa. The son of Ugrasena. He imprisoned his father and took charge of the kingdom. He killed the first six children of Devakī. ṃs was killed by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

: Pure Bhakti: Brhad Bhagavatamrtam

ṃs (कं�) refers to:—Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s uncle who usurped the throne of his father, Ugrasena, the king of the Yadus, who ruled from the city of Mathurā. He tried repeatedly to kill Kṛṣṇa, but was instead killed by Kṛṣṇa. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) ṃs (कं�).—Son of Ugrasena, King of Mathurā, and an incarnation of an Asura called Kālanemi. Genealogy. Descending in order from Viṣṇu: Brahmā-Atri-Candra-Budha-Purūravas-Āyus-Nahuṣa-Yayāti-Yadu-Sahasrajit-Śatajit-Hehaya-Dharma-Kunti (Kuni)Bhadrasena-Dhanaka-Kṛtavīra-Kārtavīryārjuna-Madhu-Vṛṣṇi-Yudhājit-Śini-Sātyaka-Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)Yaya-Kuni-Anamitra-Pṛśni-Citraratha-Kukura-Vahni-Viloma-Kapotaroman (Kapotaloman)-Tumburu-Dundubhi-Daridra-Vasu-Nāhuka-Āhuka-Ugrasena-ṃs. (See full article at Story of ṃs from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)

2) ṃs (कं�).—Ѳٲ� mentions another ṃs who was also killed by Kṛṣṇa. But he was not the son of Ugrasena. (Ѳٲ Sabhā Parva, Dākṣiṇātyapāṭha, Page 825).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) ṃs (कं�).—The eldest son of Ugrasena1 and brother (cousin, Vāyu-purāṇa) of Devakī. Took part in the festivities connected with the marriage of Devakī and Vasudeva, when he heard a voice from air that her eighth son would kill him. He at once drew his sword to slay Devakī when Vasudeva entreated him to spare her life promising to give him all her sons. To this he agreed. He did not take notice even of the first boy. Subsequently Nārada confirmed what he heard from the welkin. So he killed all her sons and put her and Vasudeva in jail. He waited for the seventh and was particularly afraid of the eighth. Being informed of the birth of a girl, and without listening to his sister's appeal to spare the baby, he dashed it against a stone. It flew heavenwards and said that the baby born to vanquish him was safe. Disheartened, ṃs let Vasudeva and Devakī free. Consulted his ministers who advised him to kill all infants in the kingdom, and to hurt all Brāhmaṇas and cows, the root cause of Hari's dharma. Messengers were sent out on this mission.2 An incarnation of Kālanemi. Threw his father Ugrasena in prison and assumed regal administration.3 Encouraged by his Asura friends such as Pralamba and Baka, as also by the Māgadhan king, he tyrannized the Yadus who left the land for other countries like Kuru, Pāñcāla and others. The Brāhmaṇas were afraid of him.4

  • 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 24. 24; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa I. 1. 125; III. 71. 132; Vāyu-purāṇa 1. 148; 96. 131, 173, 216; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 14. 20; Matsya-purāṇa 44. 74; 46. 13.
  • 2) Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. chap. 1-4; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 71. 175-235; 73. 99; Vāyu-purāṇa 98. 100; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 15. 26-7; V. 1. 6-11, 67-69; 3. 2; chap. 4.
  • 3) Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 1. 68-69.
  • 4) Ib. X. 2. 1-4; 23. 52.

1b) A dānava king; with the sun for two months�madhu and 󲹱.*

  • * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 23. 3; IV. 29. 123.

2) ṃs (कंसा).—A daughter of Ugrasena; married Devabhāga.*

  • * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 24. 25 and 40; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 71. 134; Matsya-purāṇa 44. 75; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 14. 21.
: Archaeological Survey of India: Śaiva monuments at Paṭṭadakal (purāṇa)

ṃs (कं�), the mighty demon, descendant of the Bhoja family. ṃs was the maternal uncle of Kṛṣṇa and he was known for his cruelty towards his own sister, Devakī, who was married to Vasudeva. While driving the marriage procession ṃs himself heard an announcement made by a celestial voice. According to the announcement he was to be killed by Kṛṣṇa, the eighth child of Vasudeva and Devakī.

: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

ṃs (कं�) is a name mentioned in the Ѳٲ (cf. V.128.46) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Ѳٲ (mentioning ṃs) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 śǰ첹 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study

ṃs (कं�) refers to one of the sons of ṣṭ and grandson of Yadu, according to the ղṃśānܳٲ section of the 10th century ܰܰṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, [...] Nahuṣa married Virajā (the daughter of Pit�) and was blessed with five sons of whom Yayāti was the most famous. Yayāti had two wives—Devayānī and Śarmiṣṭhā. Devayānī gave birth to Yadu and Turvasu. [...] The Son of Yadu was ṣṭ in whose race the most glorious kings were born. The text only names them as [viz., ṃs].

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Shilpashastra (iconography)

: Archaeological Survey of India: Śaiva monuments at Paṭṭadakal (śilpa)

ṃs (कं�) is depicted as a sculpture on the second pillar of the southern half of the maṇḍapa of the temple of Lokeśvara.—Here is the final act of the drama is carved in the extreme left of the register. The two brothers have reached the court of ṃs, their maternal uncle. In the picture, we see a person falling head down. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, both brothers fought with ṃs and his younger brother ܲ峾. With a blow on the heads of demons, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma threw them out on the road from the upper floor of the palace.

To the extreme right of the same panel is a temple like edifice and a goddess on a lion. Probably, she is Mahāmāyā who left for Himālaya after announcing to ṃs that his killer is in the Nandagokula. The architecture of the temple in the sculpture resembles one of those rock-cut temples in Mahābalipuram.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: academia.edu: The Yoga of the Mālinīvijayottaratantra

ṃs (कं�) or ṃstāla or ṃsⲹ refers to the “sounds of cymbals� and represents one of the ten kinds of sounds (ś岹) according to Jayaratha (author of the 13th century commentary Tantrālokaviveka on Abhinavagupta’s Tantrāloka). Jayaratha cites the Brahmayāmala passage giving this order of the ten sounds (e.g., ṃs).

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Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

ṃs (कं�) is another name for Āḍh첹: a unit of measurement of weight (1 첹ṃs equals 3.072kg; 4 첹ṃss = 1 ṇa = 12.288kg), as defined in the 15th-century Yogarasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogarasaṃgraha [mentioning 첹ṃs] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (󲹾ṣaⲹ-첹貹) which is a branch of pharmacology (ⲹṇa).

A relative overview of weight-units is found below, 첹ṃs/ḍh첹 indicated in bold. In case of liquids, the metric equivalents would be the corresponding litre and milliliters.

1 Ratti or Guñjā = 125mg,
8 Rattis - 1 Māṣa = 1g,
4 Māṣa - 1 Kaḻañc = 4g,
12 Māṣas - 1 Karṣa = 12g,
1 Karṣa /Akṣa - 1 Niṣka = 12g,
2 Karṣas - 1 Śukti = 24g,
2 Śukti - 1 Pala = 48g,
2 Palas - 1 Prasṛti = 96g,
2 Prasṛtis - 1 Kuḍava = 192g,
2 Kuḍava - 1 Mānikā = 384g,
2 Mānikās - 1 Prastha (Seru) = 768g,
4 Prasthas - 1 Āḍh첹 (ṃs) = 3.072kg,
4 Āḍh첹s or Kalaśas - 1 Droṇa = 12.288kg,
2 Droṇas - 1 Surpa = 24.576kg,
2 Surpas - 1 Droṇ� (Vahi) = 49.152kg,
4 Droṇīs - 1 Khari = 196.608kg,
1 Pala = 48g,
100 Palas - 1 Tulā = 4.8kg,
20 Tulās - 1 Bhāra = 96kg.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

ṃs (कं�) or ṃssura is the name of a demon slain by the Goddess, according to the Kularatnoddyota (chapter 9).—Accordingly, “There will be a demon called Mahiṣa who hates the gods. O goddess, you will descend into the world in order to kill him as Durgā and Kātyāyaṇ� in a black and brown form. O goddess, (you will be) the means to achieve every goal and you will destroy the suffering of those who bow before you. (This will take place) in the sixth manvantara of the coming 󲹰첹貹. O one of good vows, in the twenty-eighth of the four yugas in the course of the seventh (manvantara) (you will incarnate) in order to kill a certain demon called ṃs�.

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General definition (in Hinduism)

: Apam Napat: Indian Mythology

Kamsa was the maternal uncle of Krishna. When it was foretold that the eighth child of his sister would be his killer, he resolved to put to death all the children of his sister. To save Krishna from his fate, Vasudeva had him brought up as the son of a Yadava chieftain.

: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Kamsa (कं�): Maternal Uncle of Sri Krishna and son of Ugrasena, also son-in-law of Jarasandha, whom Sri Krishna killed.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Kamsa - Another name, according to the scholiast, for Brahmadatta, king of Benares and father of Samuddaja. J.vi.198 (25).

2. Kamsa - King of Benares, and called Baranasiggaha because he was ruler of Benares. According to the Seyya Jataka (J.ii.403), he was the king who was seized by the monarch of Kosala, owing to the treachery of a disloyal courtier, and who was later set free on account of his great piety. In the Ekaraja Jataka, which purports to relate the same story, and again in the Mahasilava Jataka, the king is referred to by other names. We probably have here a confusion of legends due to an effort to make three similar stories into one and the same.

It is probably this same Kamsa Baranasiggaha who is referred to in the Tesakuna Jataka, by the owl Vessantara (J.v.112). There the scholiast explains Baranasiggaha as catuhi sangahavatthuhi Baranasim gahetva vattanto.

3. Kamsa - Son of Mahakamsa and brother of Upakamsa and Devagabbha.

Later he became king of Asitanjana in Kamsabhoga in the Uttarapatha.

He was killed by Vasudeva, one of the Andhakavenhuda saputta (J.iv.79f).

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kamsa in Pali glossary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

첹ṃs : (m.) a plate to eat from.

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) 첹ṃs (ကံ�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
[kama+sa,kāmiyatīti kaṃso�,7�213.]
[က�+သ၊ ကာမိယတီတ� ကံသော။ မောဂ်၊ ၇။ ၂၁၃။]

2) 첹ṃs (ကံ�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
[kana+sa]
ံ�+သ]

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

1) 첹ṃs�

(Burmese text): (�) ခွက်။ (စားခွက�,သောက်ခွက� စသည�)� (က) ကြေးခွက်။ (�) ရွှေခွက်၊ ရွှေလင်ပန်း။ ကံသကူ�-ကြည့်။ (�) လောဟာ၊ သတ္တု။ (က) ကြေး။ (�) ကြေးဖြူ။ ကိတ္တိမလော�,ကံသလော�-တို့လည်းကြည့်။ (�) ရွှေ။ ကံသပါတ�-(�)-ကြည့်။ (�) ငွေ။ ကံသုပဓာရ�-ကြည့်။ (�) မောင်�,ကြေ� နင်းစသေ� ကြေးတူရိယာ။ (�) (က) ကံသမည်သောမင်း။ (�) ကံသမည်သေ� အသုရာ။ ကံသာရာတ�-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Cup. (Eating cup, drinking cup, etc.) (a) Silver cup. (b) Gold cup, gold flower. Look at the fortune-telling of the cup. (2) Metal. (a) Silver. (b) White silver. Look at the sign of metal fortune. (c) Gold. Look at the sign of gold fortune. (d) Silver. Look at the sign of silver fate. (3) A tool used for driving, like a silver nail. (4) (a) The fortunate king. (b) The fortunate deity. Look at the sign of fortunate deities.

2) 첹ṃs�

(Burmese text): (�) တစ်ကံသ၊ �-ကျပ်။ (�) တစ်အသပြာ။ ကံသသ�-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): (1) One luck, four cents. (2) One purple fruit. Look at the luck.

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Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kaṃś� (कंशा).—m (Vulgar corr., esp. amongst women, of ō) An espouser of one's cause; an avenger or a protector; esp. an abettor or a backer in quarrels and broils.

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첹ṃs (कं�).—m (S) The name of the uncle and enemy of ṛṣṇa.

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첹ṃs (कं�).—m A segment of a circle as a parenthesis: also a bracket of any form, (, [, { &c. 2 An arc.

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kāṃsa (कांस).—f (Or ) Udder. 2 The tuck of the ōٲ or ܲḍĸ. v ghāla, khōñca.

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kāṃ� (कांस�).—m C (ṃs A tortoise.) A rock in the water of a level surface; lying, or appearing occasionally, above the water.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

첹ṃs (कं�).�m A bracket. An arc.

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kāṃsa (कांस).�f Udder. The tuck of the ōٲ or ܲḍĸ. dharaṇēṃ. Cling to for protec- tion. &c.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ṃśa (कं�).—A drinking vessel. (ka� jala� śete atra.)

Derivable forms: 첹ṃśa� (कंशः).

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ṃs (कं�).�1 A drinking vessel, cup, can, goblet; उदुम्बरे कंसे चमसे वा सर्वौषधं फलानीति संभृत्� (udumbare kaṃse camase vā sarvauṣadha� phalānīti saṃbhṛtya) B�. Up.6.3.1.

2) Bell-metal, white copper. कि� यत्तद्देवदत्तः कंसपात्र्यां पाणि- नौदन� भुङ्क्ते (ki� yattaddevadatta� 첹ṃspātryā� pāṇi- naudana� bhuṅkte) Ѳٲ on P.I.3.1.

3) A particular measure known as आढ� (ḍh첹), q. v.

-� 1 Name of a king of Mathurā, son of Ugrasena and enemy of Kriṣṇa. [He is identified with the Asura Kālanemi, and acted inimically towards Kṛṣṇa and became his implacable foe. The circumstance which made him so was the following. While, after the marriage of Devakī with Vasudeva, he was driving the happy pair home, a heavenly voice warned ṃs that the eighth child of Devakī would kill him. Thereupon he threw both of them into prison, loaded them with strong fetters, and kept the strictest watch over them. He took from Devakī every child as soon as it was born and slew it, and in this way he disposed of her first six children. But the 7th and 8th, Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa, were safely conveyed to Nanda's house in spite of his vigilance, and Kṛṣṇa grew up to be his slayer according to the prophecy. When ṃs heard this, he was very much enraged and sent several demons to kill Kṛṣṇa, who killed them all with ease. At last he sent Akrūra to bring the boys to Mathurā. A severe duel was fought between ṃs and Kṛṣṇa, in which the former was slain by the latter.] cf. कंसं जघान कृष्णः (첹ṃs� jaghāna ṛṣṇa�) which is an answer to the query कं सं�- घा� कृष्णः (ka� saṃja- ghāna ṛṣṇa�) |

2) Anything metallic.

3) Fire.

- Name of a daughter of Ugrasena and sister of ṃs.

Derivable forms: 첹ṃs� (कंसः), 첹ṃsm (कंसम�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ṃs (कांस).�(°-) (false Sanskrit, instead of ṃsⲹ, for MIndic 첹ṃs-, q.v.), brass; brazen: Lalitavistara 318.22 kāṃsa-pātrī (in Ѳ屹ٳ 첹ṃs-pātrī, q.v.); ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 28.25 kāṃsa-kūṭa (v.l. 첹ṃs°), = Pali 첹ṃs-kūṭa-, one who cheats by (sub- stituting) brass (for gold; followed by -tulā-kūṭādibhi�, see tulākūṭa).

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

ṃśa (कं�).—m.

(-ś�) A goblet: see 첹ṃs.

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ṃs (कं�).—m.

(-�) A proper name; Kansa king of Mathura the uncle and enemy of Krishna, by whom he was slain; as the foe of the deity, he is considered an Asura or demon. mn.

(-�-sa�) 1. A goblet, a drinking vessel; also 첹ṃśa and ṃsⲹ. 2. A metal, tutanag or white copper; also bell metal. 3. A measure. E. kamu to desire, sa Unadi aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṃs (कं�).—I. m. A proper name, Ѳٲ 1, 357. Ii. f. , A proper name, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 2029. Iii. m. n. Bell metal.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṃs (कं�).—[masculine] a vessel made of metal; metal, brass (also [neuter]); [Name] of a myth. king slain by Kṛṣṇa.

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

1) ṃśa (कं�):�= 첹ṃs below.

2) ṃs (कं�):�mn. (�kam, [Uṇādi-sūtra iii, 62]), a vessel made of metal, drinking vessel, cup, goblet, [Atharva-veda x, 10, 5; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.

3) (a noun ending in as followed by 첹ṃs in a compound does not change its final cf. ayas-첹ṃs, etc., [Pāṇini 8-, 3, 46])

4) a particular measure (= two Āḍh첹s, [Caraka]; = one Āḍh첹, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])

5) a metal, tutanag or white copper, brass, bell-metal

6) m. Name of a king of Mathurā (son of Ugra-sena and cousin of the Devakī who was mother of Kṛṣṇa [Ugra-sena being brother of Devaka, who was father of Devakī]; he is usually called the uncle, but was really a cousin of Kṛṣṇa, and became his implacable enemy because it had been prophesied to ṃs that he would be killed by a child of Devakī; as the foe of the deity he is identified with the Asura Kālanemi; and, as he was ultimately slain by Kṛṣṇa, the latter receives epithets like 첹ṃs-jit, conqueror of ṃs, etc.), [Ѳٲ; Viṣṇu-purāṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.

7) Name of a place [gana] ٲṣaś徱, [Pāṇini 4-3, 93]

8) ṃs (कंसा):—[from 첹ṃs] f. Name of a sister of ṃs, [Harivaṃśa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

9) ṃs (कांस):—mf(ī)n. born in ṃs [gana] ٲṣaś徱.

10) a kind of measure, [Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa], [Scholiast or Commentator]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ṃśa (कं�):�(ś�) 1. m. A goblet.

2) ṃs (कं�):�(�) 1. m. Idem. Krishna’s uncle; tutanag, an alloy of tin and copper; a measure.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

ṃs (कं�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ṃs.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kāṃ� (कांस�):�(nm) bronze; ~[gara] bronzesmith.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) ṃs (कं�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: ṃs.

2) ṃs (कं�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: ṃsⲹ.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ṃs (ಕಂ�):�

1) [noun] an alloy consisting chiefly of copper and tin; bronze.

2) [noun] a small, metal, open container for beverages, usu. bowl-shaped and with a handle; a metal cup.

3) [noun] either or both of the curved lines, '( )', used to mark off parenthetical words, etc. or to enclose mathematical or logical symbols that are to be treated as a single term; parenthesis.

4) [noun] any part of a curve, esp. of a circle.

5) [noun] (myth.) a demoniac king who was the maternal uncle of and slain by Kṛṣṇa.

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ṃs (ಕಾಂಸ):—[noun] = ಕಾಂಸ್ಯ [kamsya].

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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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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) ṃs (कं�):—n. 1. Mythol. Krishna's wicked maternal uncle; 2. oppressor; tyrant; despot;

2) ṃs (कांस):—[=काँस] n. Bot. thatch grass;

3) Kāṃ� (कांस�):—[=काँसा] n. � काँस� [ṃs]

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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