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Narkutaka, ṭa첹: 8 definitions

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Narkutaka means something in 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 Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Narkutaka in Chandas glossary
: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)

1) ṭa첹 (नर्कुट�) is the name of a ٳṣp徱 metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—ṭa첹 has 22 ٰ in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 4, 5, 5, 4 and [SS] ٰ, where the 2nd and the 3rd 貹ñٰ must always have a long letter at the end.

2) ṭa첹 (नर्कुट�) is another ٳṣp徱 metre having 22 ٰ in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 6, [ISI or IIII], 4, 2, [S] and [IIS] ٰ, where the 2nd and the 3rd 貹ñٰ must always have a long letter at the end.

Chandas book cover
context information

Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Narkutaka in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ṭa첹 (नर्कुट�).—Nose.

Derivable forms: Բṭa첹 (नर्कुटकम�).

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

ṭa첹 (नर्कुट�).—n.

(-첹�) The nose.

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

1) ṭa첹 (नर्कुट�):—[from narka] n. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a kind of metre, [Varāha-mihira] (cf. Բ岹ṭa첹).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṭa첹 (नर्कुट�):�(첹�) 1. n. The nose.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Narkutaka in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ṭa첹 (ನರ್ಕುಟ�):—[noun] (pros.) a metre having seventeen syllables in each line.

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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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