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Apte Dictionary

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

फलकम्phalakam1 A board, plank, slab, tablet; कालः काल्या भुवनफलके क्रीडति प्राणिशारैः Bh.3.39; द्यूत˚, चित्र˚ &c.
1. 1 A board, plank, slab, tablet; कालः काल्या भुवनफलके क्रीडति प्राणिशारैः Bh.3.39; द्यूतdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, चित्रdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.
2. Any flat surface; चुम्ब्यमानकपोलफलकाम् K.218; धृत- मुग्धगण्डफलकैर्विबभुः Śi.9.47,37; Compare तट.
3. A shield; Rām.1.
4. A slab, tablet, leaf or page for writing upon.
5. The buttocks, hips.
6. The palm of the hand.
7. Fruit, result, consequence.
8. Profit, gain.
9. Menstruation.
10. The head of an arrow.
11. The pericarp of a lotus.
12. A broad and flat bone (of the forehead).
13. A wooden seat; तवार्हते तु फलकं कूर्चं वाऽप्यथवा बृसी Mb.5.35.15.
14. Bark (as material for clothes).
Derived forms and compounds
- -परिधानम् putting on a bark-garment.
- -पुरम् Name of a town in the east of India; Parasmaipada VI.2.11; Compare फलपुर.
- -पाणि Adjective armed with a shield (as a warrior).
- -यन्त्रम् an astronomical instrument invented by Bhāskarāchārya.
- -सक्थ Adjective having a thigh as broad as a board.
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