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Entry छेक

  1. छेकchekaa.Tame, domesticated (as a beast).

    [छो-बाdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied डेकन् Tv.]

    1. Tame, domesticated (as a beast).
    2. Citizen, town-bred.
    3. Shrewd, trained in the acuteness and vice of towns.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः

      1. A bee.
      2. A kind of अनुप्रास. See below.
    • -अनुप्रासः one of the five kinds of अनुप्रास s, 'the single alliteration', which is a similarity occurring once (or singly) and in more than one way among a collection of consonants; Exempli gratia, for example आदाय बकुलगन्धानन्धीकुर्वन् पदे पदे भ्रमरान् । अयमेति मन्दमन्दं कावेरी- वारिपावनः पवनः ॥ S. D.634.

    • -अपह्नुति Feminine a figure of speech; one of the varieties of अपह्नुति. The Chandrāloka thus defines and illustrates it: छेकापह्नुतिरन्यस्य शङ्कातस्तस्य निह्नवे । प्रजल्पन् मत्पदे लग्नः कान्तः किं न हि नूपुरः 5.27.

    • -उक्तिः Feminine insinuation, double entendre.

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Headwords under छ

Part 1 of 2 छ – छोटिन्All parts
  1. छ – छोटिन्
  2. छोरणम् – छ्यु