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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Mallakrīḍa (मल्लक्रीड).—Wrestling matches in ancient Mathurā in which all the people from the peasant to the king took part; described.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 36. 24; 42. 32-38; 44. 2-5.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mallakrīḍā (मल्लक्रीडा).—f (S) The sports or contentions of the palæstra or wrestling arena,--wrestling, fencing, boxing &c.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mallakrīḍā (मल्लक्रीडा).—

1) boxing or wrestling match.

2) athletic or gymnastic exercise.

Mallakrīḍā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms malla and krīḍā (क्रीडा).

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

Mallakrīḍā (मल्लक्रीडा):—[=malla-krīḍā] [from malla] f. a wrestling or boxing match, athletic sports, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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: Krida, Malla.

Starts with: Mallakridamahotsava.

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