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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 शक

  1. शकśaka1 N. of a king (especially applied to Śālivāhana; but scholars do not seem to have yet agreed as to the…
    1. 1 Name of a king (especially applied to Śālivāhana; but scholars do not seem to have yet agreed as to the precise meaning and scope of the word).
    2. An epoch, era (the term is especially applied to the era of Śālivāhana which commences 78 years after the Christian ear).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -काः

      1. (Masculine Plural)
      2. Name of a country.
      3. Name of a particular tribe or race of people (mentioned in Ms.1.44 along with the Pauṇḍrakas etc.; see Mu.5.11 also).

    • -अन्तकः, -अरिः epithets of king Vikramāditya who is said to have exterminated the Śakas.

    • -अब्दः, -कालः a year of the Śaka era.

    • -कर्तृ, -कृत् Masculine the founder of an era.

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Headwords under श

Part 1 of 10 श – शपितAll parts
  1. श – शपित
  2. शप्त – शल्ल
  3. शल्लक – शाबरिका
  4. शाबल्यम् – शिक्यित
  5. शिक्ष् – शीघ्रीय
  6. शीघ्ऱ्यम् – शुषिर
  7. शुषिरा – शैवल
  8. शैवलिनी – श्येन
  9. श्यै – श्लीपदिन्
  10. श्लील – श्वैत्रम्