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Results for प्रहेलक

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Apte Dictionary

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

प्रहेलकprahelaka1 A kind of cake or sweetmeat.
1. 1 A kind of cake or sweetmeat.
2. A riddle; see प्रहेलिका below.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

प्रहेलकprahelakan. (√हिल् ?) a kind of pastry. sweetmeat &c. distributed at a festival L. (cf. प्र-हेणक).

neuter gender (√हिल् ?) a kind of pastry. sweetmeat etc. distributed at a festival Lexicographers (confer, compare प्र-हेणक).

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