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Entry प्लक्ष

प्लक्षplakṣaThe Indian fig-tree; प्लक्षप्ररोह इव सौधतलं विभेद R.8.93;13.71; कपित्थैः किंशुकैः प्लक्षैः Parṇāl.4.62.
[प्लक्षते कीटैः प्लक्ष्-कर्मणि घञ्]
1. The Indian fig-tree; प्लक्षप्ररोह इव सौधतलं विभेद R.8.93;13.71; कपित्थैः किंशुकैः प्लक्षैः Parṇāl.4.62.
2. One of the seven Dvīpas or continents of the world; प्लक्षो जम्बूप्रमाणो द्वीपः ख्यातिकरो हिरण्मय उत्थितो यत्राग्निरुपास्ते सप्तजिह्वः Purāṇam.
3. A side or back-door, a private entrance.
4. The space at the side of a door.
Derived forms and compounds
- -जाता, -समुद्रवाचका an epithet of the river Sarasvatī.
- -तीर्थम्, -प्रस्रवणम्, -राज् -Masculine the place where the Sarasvatī rises.
- -द्वारम् a back-door, a side-entrance; Matsya Parasmaipada264.15.
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