Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry माहिषिक

माहिषिकmāhiṣika1 A buffalo-keeper, a herdsman.
1. 1 A buffalo-keeper, a herdsman.
2. The paramour of an unchaste woman; (महिषीत्युच्यते नारी या च स्याद् व्यभिचारिणी । तां दृष्टां कामयति यः स वै माहिषिकः स्मृतः ॥ Kālikā Purāṇa.
3. One who lives by the prostitution of his wife; महिषीत्युच्यते नार्या भगेनोपार्जितं धनम् । उपजीवति यस्तस्याः स वै माहिषिकः स्मतः ॥ Śrīdhara on V. Parasmaipada
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