Mankura, Ѳṅkܰ, Mamkura: 11 definitions
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Mankura means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesOn of the four ministers of Milinda who were sent to fetch Nagasena to the palace. Mil., p. 29 f.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryѲṅkܰ (मङ्कुर).—A mirror.
Derivable forms: ṅkܰ� (मङ्कुर�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲṅkܰ (मङ्कुर).—m.
(-�) A mirror. E. maki to adorn, urac aff., and the nasal retained; also makura and mukura .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲṅkܰ (मङ्कुर).—m. A mirror; cf. mukura.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲṅkܰ (मङ्कुर):�m. = makura, a mirror, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryѲṅkܰ (मङ्कुर):�(�) 1. m. A mirror.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMaṃkura (ಮಂಕು�):—[noun] smooth surface of glass coated on one side with an amalgam, which reflects light rays to form an image; a looking-glass; a miorror.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarymaṅkura (မင်္ကု�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
=ṅk+ܰ.m쾱+.tdz
[မက�=မင်္က+ဥရ။ မက�+ဥရစ်။ ထောမ]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)ṅkܰ�
(Burmese text): (�) မင်္ကုရအမတ်။ (�) မှန်၊ ကြေးမုံ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Minister Minkyu. (2) Glass, silver.

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.
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Starts with: Mankuram.
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