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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कल्कkalkaa.Sinful, wicked. ल्कः, ल्कम् The viscous sediment deposited by oily substances when ground.

    [कल्-क Uṇ.3.4]

    1. Sinful, wicked. ल्कः, ल्कम् The viscous sediment deposited by oily substances when ground.
    2. A kind of tenacious paste; गौरसर्षपकल्केन (स्नपनम्) Y.1.277. An unguent paste; कल्काश्चूर्णकषायांश्च स्नानानि विविधानि च Rām.2.91.74; a paste used as plaster or cement also called Yoga (mixture).
    3. (Hence) Dirt, filth (in general).
    4. Ordure, fæces.
    5. Meanness, deceit, hypocrisy; Śi.19.98.
    6. Sin. तपो न कल्कोऽध्ययनं न कल्कः स्वाभाविको वेदविधिर्न कल्कः । प्रसह्य वित्ताहरणं न कल्कस्तान्येव भावोपहतानि कल्कः (दीनदण्डरेषा) Mb.1.1.275.
    7. Levigated powder; तां लोभ्रकल्केन हृताङ्गतैलाम् Ku.7.9.
    8. Incense.
    9. The wax of the ear.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -फलः the pomegranate plant.

  2. अकल्कakalkaa.Free from sediment, pure.

    [नास्ति कल्को यत्र]

    1. Free from sediment, pure.
    2. sinless.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ल्का Moonlight.

  3. अकल्कताakalkatāHonesty, integrity.

    Honesty, integrity.

  4. अकल्कनakalkanaक [k], क a. [नास्ति कल्कनं दम्भः, कल्को वा यस्मिन्] Free from pride; humble, modest; honest.

    क k, क Adjective [नास्ति कल्कनं दम्भः, कल्को वा यस्मिन्] Free from pride; humble, modest; honest.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कल्कkalka[kalka] m. paste; foulness, baseness, guile, sin.

    [kalka] masculine paste; foulness, baseness, guile, sin.

  2. अकल्ककलिलakalkakalila[a-kalka-kalila] a. free from baseness.

    [a-kalka-kalila] adjective free from baseness.

  3. अकल्कताakalkatā[a-kalka-tâ] f. honesty.

    [a-kalka-tâ] feminine; also equal for honesty.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कल्कkalkam. (n. L.), (√3. कल् Un2. iii, 40), a viscous sediment deposited by oily substances when ground, a kind of…
    1. masculine gender (neuter gender Lexicographers), (√3. कल् Un2. iii, 40), a viscous sediment deposited by oily substances when ground, a kind of tenacious paste Sus3r. Ya1jn5. etc.
    2. masculine gender dirt, filth
    3. masculine gender the wax of the ear
    4. masculine gender ordure, faeces Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender impurity, meanness, falsehood, hypocrisy, deceit, sin MBh. BhP. etc.
    6. masculine gender Terminalia Bellerica Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Olibanum Lexicographers
    8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective sinful, wicked Lexicographers (confer, compare कलुष, कल्मष, क्/इल्बिष .)
  2. अकल्कakalkamfn. free from impurity

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective free from impurity

  3. अकल्कताakalkatāf. honesty Ya1jn5.

    feminine honesty Ya1jn5.