meanings of "kaNTaka" [1]
m.{a-stem}
1.a thorn;
2.a prickle;
3.the point of anything;
4.(fig.) any troublesome fellow who is, as it were, a thorn to the state and an enemy of order and good goverment;
5.(hence) any source of vexation or annoyance;
6.horripilation;
7.a finger-nail;
8.a vexing speech;
9.a fish-bone;
10.a sharp stinging pain;
11.(in nyaaya philosophy) refutation of arguments;
12.impediment;
13.the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth lunar mansions;
14.a vexing or injurious speech
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meanings of "kaNTaka" [2]
n.{a-stem}
1.a thorn;
2.a prickle;
3.the point of anything;
4.(fig.) any troublesome fellow who is, as it were, a thorn to the state and an enemy of order and good goverment;
5.(hence) any source of vexation or annoyance;
6.horripilation;
7.a finger-nail;
8.a vexing speech;
9.a fish-bone;
10.a sharp stinging pain;
11.(in nyaaya philosophy) refutation of arguments;
12.impediment;
13.the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth lunar mansions;
14.a vexing or injurious speech
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meanings of "kaNTaka" [3]
m.{a-stem}
1.a bamboo;
2.a work-ship;
3.fault;
4.name of makara or the marine monster
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