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Results for प्लवक

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Apte Dictionary

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

प्लवकplavakaA frog.
[प्लु बाहुdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied अक]
1. A frog.
2. A jumper, tumbler, rope-dancer.
3. The holy fig-tree.
4. A Chāṇḍāla, an outcast.
5. A monkey.
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

प्लवकplavakam. a leaper (by profession), a rope-dancer &c. MBh.
1. masculine gender a leaper (by profession), a rope-dancer etc. MBh.
2. masculine gender a frog Lexicographers
3. masculine gender a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल Lexicographers
4. masculine gender Ficus Infectoria Lexicographers
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