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Results for अकच

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अकचakacaa.Bald.
[न. ब.]

Bald.
Derived forms and compounds
- -चः Name of Ketu (the descending node), who is represented as a headless trunk. Tv. explains it thus: अकाय दुःखाय चायते; चाय्-ड; केतुग्रहस्य उदयेन लोकोपप्लवस्य शास्त्रप्रसिद्धिः. अकडमम्, अकथहम्, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedचक्रम् Name of a mystical circle (चक्र) or diagram with the letters of the alphabet, such as अ, क, ड, म; अ, क, थ, ह etc. written therein and used in determining the auspicious or inauspicious stars of a person; (ग्राह्यगोपालमन्त्रस्य तन्त्रोक्तमन्त्रग्रहणार्थं तत्तन्मन्त्राणां शुभाशुभ- विचारोपयोगी चक्रभेदः Tv.) (Marâthî अवकहडाचक्र given in प़ञ्चाङ्ग).
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अकचakacamfn. hairless, bald
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective hairless, bald
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective confer, compare उत्-, ऊर्ध्व-, वि-
3. masculine gender Name of Ketu केतु, the dragon's tail or descending node (having a headless trunk) Lexicographers
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