Dictionary Definition ：
Definition[1]
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Makara. A floodgate in the Parakkamasāmudda from which ran the Gambhīra Canal. Cv.lxxix.40.
Source
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Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from
Definition[2]
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makara : [m.] a sea-monster; a sword-fish.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[3]
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Makara [cp. Epic Sk. makara] a mythical fish or sea monster, Leviathan (cp. Zimmer, Altind. Leben 97) J ii.442; iii.188; Miln 131, 377; ThA 204. -- f.makarinī Miln 67.
-- dantaka the tooth of a sword fish, used as a pin Vin ii.113, cp. p. 315. -- as a design in painting or carving Vin ii.117. 121, 152; iv.47. In these
latter passages it occurs combd with latākamma & pañcapaṭṭhika (q. v.). The meaning is not quite clear.
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Related
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makaradantaka , makaradhaja , makaranda , makasa , makasa jātaka , makākarañjiya , makacivattha , makacivāka , makaci , majorship
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