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Results for चूलिका

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Apte Dictionary

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

चूलिकाcūlikāThe crest or comb of a cock.
[चुल् समुच्चये ण्वुल् पृषो denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied दीर्घः]
1. The crest or comb of a cock.
2. The root of an elephant's ear. Mātaṅga. Latin6.9.
3. (In dramas) The hinting or indication of the occurrence of any event by characters behind the stage; अन्तर्जवनिकासंस्थैः सूचनार्थस्य चूलिका S. D. 31; Exempli gratia, for example in the beginning of the 4th Act of Mv.
4. The crest (?) of a bow; प्रथमं चापमारोप्य चूलिकां बन्धयेत्ततः । स्थानकं तु ततः कृत्वा बाणोपरि करं न्यसेत् ॥ Dhanur.118.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

चूलिकाcūlikāf. (इका) a cock's comb VarBr2S. lxiii, 1 (ifc.)
1. feminine (इका) a cock's comb VarBr2S. lxiii, 1 (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound')
2. feminine the root of an elephant's ear (चूडिका Gal.)
3. feminine the top of a column Cu1lUp. (चूडिका Scholiast or Commentator)
4. feminine summit Sin6ha7s.
5. feminine Name of a metre (also चूडिका)
6. feminine of several additional parts of Jain texts
7. feminine the hinting of a matter or event by those behind the curtain Das3ar. i, 58 and 61 Sa1h. Prata1par.
8. feminine see that the rest of a word is to be suppliedलक .
9. feminine of that the rest of a word is to be suppliedलक .
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चूलिकापैशाचिकcūlikāpaiśācikan.

neuter gender

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चूलिकापैशाचीcūlikāpaiśācīf. N. of a dialect in dramas.

feminine Name of a dialect in dramas.

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