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Results for माहिषिक

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Apte Dictionary

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

माहिषिकmāhiṣika1 A buffalo-keeper, a herdsman.
1. 1 A buffalo-keeper, a herdsman.
2. The paramour of an unchaste woman; (महिषीत्युच्यते नारी या च स्याद् व्यभिचारिणी । तां दृष्टां कामयति यः स वै माहिषिकः स्मृतः ॥ Kālikā Purāṇa.
3. One who lives by the prostitution of his wife; महिषीत्युच्यते नार्या भगेनोपार्जितं धनम् । उपजीवति यस्तस्याः स वै माहिषिकः स्मतः ॥ Śrīdhara on V. Parasmaipada
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

माहिषिकmāhiṣikam. prec. sg. VP.
1. masculine gender preceding sg. VP.
2. masculine gender the paramour of an unchaste woman (according to others "one who lives by the prostitution of his wife") Lexicographers
3. f(आ or ई) Name of a river R.,
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