Sharkaracala, 艢补谤办补谤腻肠补濒补, Sharkara-acala: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 艢补谤办补谤腻肠补濒补 can be transliterated into English as Sarkaracala or Sharkaracala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Sharkarachala.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index艢补谤办补谤腻肠补濒补 (啶多ぐ啷嵿啶班ぞ啶氞げ).鈥擳he best gift is 8 bh膩rams of sugar; then 4 and 2; even 1 or (1/2) allowed; the giver goes to heaven.*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 83. 6; 92. 1-13.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa艢补谤办补谤腻肠补濒补 (啶多ぐ啷嵿啶班ぞ啶氞げ) refers to the 鈥渃eremonial mountain of sugar (a heap measuring eight Bh膩ras)鈥�, and is mentioned in the Nai峁dha-carita 14.54 (in 鈥�诲腻苍腻苍迟补岣ヅ况耻迟补艣补谤办补谤腻肠补濒补鈥�).鈥斉毑拱觳拱宄Σ贡舨� is given away by pious donors together with four other smaller mountains called Vi峁ambhaparvata. Three golden trees are planted on the 鈥渕ountain鈥�, while on the smaller 鈥渕ountains鈥� are placed idols of Cupid, Kubera and Brahm膩 as well as a golden image of the Surabhi cow. It was customary to give away similar 鈥渕ountains鈥� of butter, salt, paddy ,cotton and sesamum seeds. The Matsyapur膩峁嘺 seems to be the only early work which gives full details about these 鈥渕ountains鈥�, and the relevant chapters of it are quoted in full by Apar膩rka in his commentary on Y膩j帽avalkya 1.208.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary艢补谤办补谤腻肠补濒补 (啶多ぐ啷嵿啶班ぞ啶氞げ).鈥�
1) the ceremonial 'mountain of sugar' (a heap measuring eight Bh膩ras) given away by pious donors together with four smaller mountains called Vi峁ambhaparvata. Three golden trees are planted on the mountain, while on the smaller mountains are placed idols of Cupid, Kubera and Brahm膩 as well as a golden image of the Surabhi cow. It was customary to give away similar mountains of butter, salt, paddy, cotton and sesamum seeds; 啶︵ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ啶む- 啶多啶班啶むざ啶班啶曕ぐ啶距啶侧ぎ啶ム 啶栢啶ㄠぞ啶啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶оぞ啶� 啶膏啶ぐ啶� (d膩n膩nta岣�- 艣ruta艣补谤办补谤腻calamatha岣� khen膩m峁泃膩ndh膩岣� smara岣�) N.21.154.
2) a sugarloaf (conical).
Derivable forms: 艣补谤办补谤腻肠补濒补岣� (啶多ぐ啷嵿啶班ぞ啶氞げ啶�).
艢补谤办补谤腻肠补濒补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 艣补谤办补谤腻 and acala (啶呧啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢补谤办补谤腻肠补濒补 (啶多ぐ啷嵿啶班ぞ啶氞げ):鈥擺from 艣补谤办补谤腻 > 艣arkara] m. (谤腻肠) 鈥榮ugar-hill鈥�, a sugar-loaf (shaped like a conical hill), [Catalogue(s)]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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: Sharkara, Acala.
Starts with: Sharkaracaladana.
Full-text: Sharkaracaladana, Sharkaradhenu.
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