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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
मेनका • (menakā) stem, ?
- of the wife of Himālaya
Proper noun
मेनका • (menakā) stem, m
- Menaka (an apsara and the mother of Shakuntala in the play Shakuntalam)
Descendants
References
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मेनका”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]