an Apsaras and wife of Himavat
of an Apsaras (wife of Hima-vat), MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ID=167963]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
मेनकाmenakā
मेनका (menakā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the daughter of Vrisha-ashva, an Apsaras and wife of Himavat, name of the daughter of Vrishanashva, an apsaras who is the mother of Shakuntala, the wife of Himalaya, a celestial courtesan of Svarga and wife of Himalaya. Its 19 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Apsaras and Wife of Himālaya, An Apsaras (General), Mother of Śakuntalā.
- Etymology
- E. मे to me, का any one, न not, (equal or comparable.); or मि-नक ।
- Definitions
- 19
Meanings by context
Apsaras and Wife of Himālaya
5 definitions
A celestial courtesan of Svarga and wife of Himalaya.
मे (me)न (na)का (kā) (menakā) [Printed book page 674]
मे (me)न (na)का (kā) (menakā) f. (-का (kā) (-kā)) One of the courtezans of Svarga, and wife to Himālaya.
मे (me)न (na)का (kā) (menakā) f. (-का (kā) (-kā)) One of the courtezans of Svarga, and wife to Himālaya.
E. मे (me) to me, का (kā) any one, न (na) not, (equal or comparable.)
[ID=30975]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An apsaras. 2. The wife of Himalaya.
मेनका (menakā) [Printed book page 585-24]
मेनका (menakā) f. 1. Name of an apsaras; 2. name of the wife of Himālaya. [ID=30904]
मेनका (menakā) f. 1. Name of an apsaras; 2. name of the wife of Himālaya. [ID=30904]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A celestial courtesan of Swarga. 2. The wife of Himalaya.
मे (me)न (na)का (kā) (menakā) [Printed book page 578-b]
मे (me)न (na)का (kā) (menakā)
मे (me)न (na)का (kā) (menakā)
f. (-का (kā) (-kā))
1. One of the courtezans of Swarga.
2. Name of the wife of Himālaya.
E. मे (me) to me, का (kā) any one, न (na) not, (equal or comparable.); or मि-न (na)क । (mi-naka .)
[ID=32150]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A heavenly courtesan. 2. The wife of Himalaya.
मेनका (menakā) [Printed book page 0725-b]
मेनका (menakā) menakā, i. e. menā + ka, f.
मेनका (menakā) menakā, i. e. menā + ka, f.
One of the courtesans of heaven, and
wife to Himālaya, Śiś. 9, 86; Śāk. 14,
23 (Prākṛ.).
[ID=11559]— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
An Apsaras (General)
4 definitions
A celestial courtesan
मेनका (menakā) [Printed book page 604-a]
मेनका (menakā) (का) ((kā)) 1. f. One of the courtezans of heaven, Menakā. [ID=30528]
मेनका (menakā) (का) ((kā)) 1. f. One of the courtezans of heaven, Menakā. [ID=30528]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
the name of an Apsaras
मेनका (menakā) [Printed book page 420]
मेनका (menakā) f. N. of an Apsaras etc. [ID=25363]
मेनका (menakā) f. N. of an Apsaras etc. [ID=25363]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
the Apsaras presiding over the month of Shukra and Shuci
Menakā (II) — the Apsaras presiding over the month of Śukra and Śuci; coupled with Sahajanyā;1 with the sun in the summer.2
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. XII. 11. 35; Br. II. 23. 6; III. 7. 14; IV. 33. 18; Vā. 69. 49; Vi. II. 10. 7.]
[Footnote: 2) Vā. 52. 7.]
[ID=11046]
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. XII. 11. 35; Br. II. 23. 6; III. 7. 14; IV. 33. 18; Vā. 69. 49; Vi. II. 10. 7.]
[Footnote: 2) Vā. 52. 7.]
[ID=11046]
— The Purana Index
A celestial dancer who sat in the assembly of Hiranyakashipu alongside Urvashi and Rambha.
Menakā (III) — one, who was asked to dance along with Ūrvaśī and Rambhā;1 in the sabhā of Hiraṇyakaśipu.2
[Footnote: 1) M. 24. 28.]
[Footnote: 2) Ib. 126. 7; 161. 75.]
[ID=11047]
[Footnote: 1) M. 24. 28.]
[Footnote: 2) Ib. 126. 7; 161. 75.]
[ID=11047]
— The Purana Index
Mother of Śakuntalā
3 definitions
an apsaras who is the mother of Shakuntala
मेनका (menakā) [Printed book page 0879-a]
मेनका (menakā)
1 N. of an Apsaras (mother of Śakuntalā).
मेनका (menakā)
1 N. of an Apsaras (mother of Śakuntalā).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Name of an Apsaras
मेनका (menakā) [Printed book page 235-3]
मेनका (menakā) mena-kā, f. N. of an Apsaras (mother
of Śakuntalā). [ID=14491]
मेनका (menakā) mena-kā, f. N. of an Apsaras (mother
of Śakuntalā). [ID=14491]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
the mother of Shakuntala
मेनका (menakā) [Printed book page 2-735]
Menakā (I) — the mother of Śakuntalā; she abandoned the child in the forest and went away. Bhā. IX. 20. 13. [ID=11045]
Menakā (I) — the mother of Śakuntalā; she abandoned the child in the forest and went away. Bhā. IX. 20. 13. [ID=11045]
— The Purana Index
Wife of Himālaya / Mother of Pārvatī
2 definitions
the wife of Himalaya
मेनका (menakā) [Printed book page 0879-a]
मेनका (menakā)
2 N. of the wife of Himālaya.
मेनका (menakā)
2 N. of the wife of Himālaya.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
See Menā.
मेनका (menakā) [Printed book page 2-179]
Menakā. See 2. Menā. [ID=2532]
Menakā. See 2. Menā. [ID=2532]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
A Mind-Born Mother
1 definition
a mind-born mother
Menakā (V) — a mind-born mother. M. 179. 20. [ID=11049]
— The Purana Index
Daughter of Vṛṣaṇ-aśva
1 definition
the daughter of Vrisha-ashva
(H2) [Printed book page 833,1]
मेनका (menakā) f. N. of the daughter of Vṛṣaṇ-aśva, ṢaḍvBr. [ID=167962]
मेनका (menakā) f. N. of the daughter of Vṛṣaṇ-aśva, ṢaḍvBr. [ID=167962]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Detailed Puranic Narratives (Apsaras)
1 definition
an Apsaras
मेनका (menakā) [Printed book page 478-1]
Menakā, an Apsaras. § 21 (Pramadvarā): I, 8, 943, 944
Menakā, an Apsaras. § 21 (Pramadvarā): I, 8, 943, 944
(Apsarāḥ), 945 (do., with the Gandharva king Viśvāvasu
the mother of Pramadvarā, whom she dropped near the
hermitage of Sthūlakeśa).—§ 134 (Viśvāmitra): I, 71,
2915, 2916, 2918, (2921); 72, 2937, 2938, 2945 (M. was
sent by Indra to tempt Viśvāmitra; on her Viśvāmitra begot
Śakuntalā).—§ 135 (Śakuntalop.): I, 74, 3055 (among
the foremost Apsarases), 3056 (Brahmayonivarā, mother of
Śakuntalā), 3061, 3063 (Apsarasāṃ śreṣṭhā), 3065, 3067,
3070.—§ 191 (Arjuna): I, 123, 4820 (sung at the birth of
Arjuna).—§ 269 (Vaiśravaṇasabhāv.): II, 10, 392 (in the
palace of Kubera).—§ 336 (Indralokābhigamanap.): III,
43α, 1784 (danced in the palace of Indra).—§ 565 (Gālavac.):
V, 117, 3975 (reme…M°āyāṃ yathorṇāyuḥ).—§ 775
(Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 166β, 7641 (enumeration).
[ID=7298]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Wife of Vindhyāśva / Mother of Divodāsa & Ahalyā
1 definition
the Apsaras wife of Vindhyashva
Menakā (IV) — the Apsaras wife of Vindhyāśva (Badhyaśva Vā. P.): gave birth to twins, Divodāsa and Ahalyā. M. 50. 7; Vā. 99. 200. [ID=11048]
— The Purana Index
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Definitions on this page come from 13 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.