Lakkha, Lakhkha: 8 definitions
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Lakkha means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Jainism
Jain philosophy
: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra SuriLakkhā (लक्ख�) (Prakrit; in Sanskrit: ṣ�) refers to a kind of red dye, as occurring in the ԱԳٲᲹⲹ貹-첹ṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. II, P. 135, l. 5]—‘ṣā� (Gujarati ��) is a kind of led dye. It is obtained from the cochineal insect and is produced by a number of trees of the species Ficus. It was largely used as an article of decoration by women. The word �ṣ�� occurs in Abhijñānaśākuntala (IV, v 4) and Kirātārjunīya (V, 23) Its Pāiya (Prakrit) equivalent �� is met with in Nāyādhammakahā (I, 1, p 24)
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarylakkha : (nt.) a mark; a target; a stake at gambling; a mark in casting up accounts; a hundred thousand.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryLakkha, (nt.) (fr. lak� (see lakkhaṇa), or (after Grassmann) lag “to fix, � i.e. to mark. Cp. Vedic lakṣa price at gambling (Zimmer, Altind. Leben 287)) 1. a mark Miln. 102.�2. a target Miln. 418; DhA. I, 52 (°yoggā target practice, i.e. shooting).�3. a stake at gambling J. VI, 271.�4. a high numeral, a lac or 100, 000 (but cp. PvA. 255, where lakkha of Pv IV. 338 is taken as a “period of time, � equal to 100 koṭis); 屹. V, 66. (Page 578)
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)�
(Burmese text): (�) အမှတ်အသား၊ အမှတ်လက္ခဏာ၊ တံဆိပ်၊ အမှတ်တံဆိပ်။ (�) အဖို့၊ အစု၊ အစိတ်၊ အပိုင်း။ (�) (မြားသေနတ်စသည်ဖြင့� ပစ်အပ်သေ�) ပစ်မှတ�-စက်ဝန်�-မှတ်တိုင�-စက်တိုင�-စက်ဝန်�-စက်ခွက�-စက်ပေါက်။ (�) တစ်သိန်းသင်္ချာ။ (�) ကြွေအန်ကစားရာအရပ်။ (�) လောင်းကစားရာ၌-ပြ�-တည�-ထားသေ�-အဖို�-တန်ဖို� (လောင်းကြေ�)� (�) (နှစ်ပေါင်းကုဋ� ၁ဝ�-တို့၏) အပိုင်းအခြားကာလ။ (�) မှတ်ကြောင်းဖြစ်သေ� (က) သူ၊ လူ၊ ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်။ (�) ဂရို� (ဂရို့စပါးစသည�)�
(Auto-Translation): (1) Mark, symbol, label, trademark. (2) For, group, part, section. (3) Target - machine - marker - machine target - machine round - machine dot. (4) One hundred thousand math. (5) Area for gambling. (6) Stake - value (gambling wager) established in gambling. (7) Other time periods of the lunar calendar year 100. (8) Notable, (a) him, person, individual. (b) groat (e.g. groat rice).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarylakkha (लक्ख).—n & a See lakka n & a.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryLakkhā (लक्ख�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: ṣ�.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusLakkha (ಲಕ್ಖ):—[adjective] = ಲಕ್ಷ [laksha]2.
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Lakkha (ಲಕ್ಖ):—[noun] = ಲಕ್ಷ [laksha]3 - 1.
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Lakhkha (ಲಖ್ಖ):—[adjective] = ಲಕ್ಷ [laksha]2.
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Lakhkha (ಲಖ್ಖ):—[noun] = ಲಕ್ಷ [laksha]3 - 1.
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Lakhkha (ಲಖ್ಖ):—[adjective] pleasing to the eye; beautiful; lovely; attractive.
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Lakhkha (ಲಖ್ಖ):—[noun] that which is beautiful.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+26): Akkha, Akkhana Sutta, Lakkhadhamma, Lakkhadhika, Lakkhaka, Lakkhakhanda, Lakkhakotiphalasamapatti, Lakkhakotisamapattisamapajjana, Lakkhamana, Lakkhan, Lakkhana, Lakkhana Jataka, Lakkhana Rupa, Lakkhana Samyutta, Lakkhanaapa, Lakkhanabbhahata, Lakkhanabhava, Lakkhanabyanjanupeta, Lakkhanacakka, Lakkhanacchinna.
Full-text (+25): Akkha, Upalakkhana, Paccupalakkhana, Upalakkhayati, Upalakkhesim, Upalakkheti, Upalakkhita, Paccupalakkhati, Abhilakkhita, Vilakkha, Nanalakkha, Upalakkhayanta, Upalakkhayitvana, Katalakkhaparikamma, Upalakkhayitva, Upalakkhetabba, Upalakkhaye, Lakha, Sahassakkha, Upalakkhaniya.
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