Sakthi: 8 definitions

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2. Kannada
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Sakthi 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

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Sakthi (सक्थि):—Lower limb

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sakthi (सक्थि).—n. [sañj-kithan Uṇādi-sūtra 3.154]

1) The thigh; (changed in comp. to saktha after uttara, pūrva and mṛga or when the compound implies comparison; see P.V.4. 98); असौ चासौ च सक्थ्यौ (asau cāsau ca sakthyau) Bṛ. Up.1.2.3; सुग्रीवेशः कटी पातु सक्थिनी हनुमत्प्रभुः (sugrīveśaḥ kaṭī pātu sakthinī hanumatprabhuḥ) Rāma-rakṣā 8.

2) A thigh bone.

3) The pole or shafts of a carriage.

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

Sakthi (सक्थि).—n. (-kthi) 1. The thigh. 2. Part of the frame of a cart. 3. A bone. In compound sakthi is changed to saktha after uttara, pūrva, mṛga, or a word denoting an object with which it is compared. E. ṣañj to unite, Unadi aff. kthin .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sakthi (सक्थि).—probably sañj + than, n.; the base of some cases is sakthan, 1. The thigh. 2. A bone. 3. The frame of a cart.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sakthi (सक्थि).—[neuter] sakthī [feminine] the thigh.

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

1) Sakthi (सक्थि):—n. (derivation doubtful; the base sakthan [fr. which [accusative] [plural] sakthāni, [Ṛg-veda v, 61, 3]] appears in later language only in the weakest cases e.g. sg. [instrumental case] sakthnā [genitive case] [ablative] sakthnas [locative case] sakthani, or sakthni cf. [Pāṇini 7-1, 75]; there occurs also [nominative case] [accusative] [dual number] sakthyau [Ṛg-veda x, 86, 16; Atharva-veda vi, 9, 1] formed [from] a fem. base sakthī), the thigh, thigh-bone

2) the pole or shafts of a cart ([dual number] euphemistically ‘the female organ’), [Ṛg-veda]; etc.

3) Sakthī (सक्थी):—[from sakthi] See under sakthi.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sakthi (सक्थि):—(kthiḥ) 2. n. The thigh; part of the frame of a cart.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sakthi (ಸಕ್ಥಿ):—[noun] that part of the leg in humans between the knee and the hip; the thigh.

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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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