MAKARA

Meaning of MAKARA in English

[Hindu] A sea-monster from Hindu mythology. It is the mount of Varuna.

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MAKARA — ˈməkərə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit : a water monster of Hindu religious myth that is represented in religious …
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MUGGER — I. noun Etymology: Hindi & Urdu magar, from Sanskrit makara water monster Date: 1844 a usually harmless freshwater crocodile ( …
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MUGGER — I. ˈmu̇gər, ˈməg- noun ( -s ) Etymology: mug (I) + -er chiefly Scotland : a peddler of earthenware : …
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MUGGER — I. ˈmə-gər noun Etymology: Hindi & Urdu magar, from Sanskrit makara water monster Date: 1844 : a usually harmless freshwater …
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MUGGER — [mug.ger] n [Hindi magar, fr. Skt makara water monster] (1844): a common usu. harmless freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) of southeastern …
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PHUR-BU — (Tibetan: "peg," or "nail"), a ritual dagger used in the Tantric (esoteric) rites of Tibetan Buddhism to exorcise evil. The …
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TIRTHANKARA — Sanskrit Tirthankara (Ford-Maker), also called Jina (Victor), in Jainism (a religion of India), a saviour who has succeeded in crossing …
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PONGAL — important three-day Hindu festival in South India. It is celebrated on the winter solstice, when, according to the traditional Hindu …
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MAKRAN — also spelled Mekran, Persian Mokran, Pakistani Makran coastal region of Baluchistan in southeastern Iran and southwestern Pakistan, constituting the Makran …
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KOROLENKO, VLADIMIR GALAKTIONOVICH — born July 27 [July 15, Old Style], 1853, Zhitomir, Ukraine, Russian Empire died Dec. 25, 1921, Poltava, Ukraine Russian short-story …
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HINDU MYTHOLOGY — All the articles available in the Hindu mythology section of the Encyclopedia Mythica: Abarimon; Abhijit; Adimurti; Adityas; Agastya; Aghora; Agni; …
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GANGA — [Hindu] Ganga is the goddess who is the incarnation of the Ganges, India's most sacred river. She is the sister …
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МАКАРА — Makara
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