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taskarā

cora-

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. täskara-

täskara- m. Räuber, Dieb (RV +; MK I 302ff., Ins, Spr 16 {1970] 138f.), ataskara- frei von Räubern (AV 12,1,47). - Pä. takkara- m. Räuber, Dieb, pkt. takkara- ‘cora-’. - Nicht überzeugend erklärt. Vgl. die Lit. bei Kui, Fs Kirfel 168f. (für nicht-idg. Ursprung), KEWA 1 491, AıGr II 2,541, Renou, EVP 16 (1967) 112. Gegen die Deutung von Ins, 2.2.0. (täs-kara- 'moving in darkness’, zu Has- < *ıms- [als Schwundstufe zu … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. täskara-, p. 695]

2. تَسكَرَ

taskara m. (for tatk, Nir. iii, 14 ; VPrāt. iii, 51 ) a thief, robber, RV. ; AV. ; VS. &c. ( ifc. f(ā). , Hariv. 5180 ; Kām. iv, 53 ; cf. ataskara; ifc. used as a term of contempt [ Kathās. ci, 140 ] Gaṇar. 114 )

3. تَسكَرَ

the ear (derived fr. Ragh. i, 27 ), W.

4. تَسكَرَ

pl. N. of particular Ketu s, VarBṛS. xi, 20

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