karkaṭakaḥ

Dictionary meanings for karkaṭakaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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karkaṭakaḥ

Normalized lookup: karkatakah

Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 A crab.

2 Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac.

3 Com- pass, circuit.

4 A kind of sugar- cane.

5 A hook. kī A female crab. kaṃ 1 A poisonous root.

2 A par- ticular fracture of the bones. Comp. asthi n. the shell or crust of a crab. rajjuḥ a rope with a hook.

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