कर्कटक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Noun

कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) m

  1. a crab
  2. the sign Cancer
  3. a pair of tongs
  4. a pair of compasses (cf. कर्कट)
  5. a kind of plant
  6. a particular position of the hands

Noun

कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) n

  1. a kind of poisonous root
  2. a particular fracture of the bones

Descendants

  • Telugu: కర్కాటకము (karkāṭakamu)

See also

Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text)
मेष (meṣa) ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) मिथुन (mithuna) कर्कटक (karkaṭaka)
सिंह (siṃha) कन्या (kanyā) तुला (tulā) वृश्चिक (vṛścika)
धनु (dhanu) मकर (makara) कुम्भ (kumbha) मीन (mīna)
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