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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. यमकyamakaa.Twin-born, twin.

    [यम-स्वार्थे क]

    1. Twin-born, twin.
    2. Two-fold, double.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः

      1. A restraint, check.
      2. A twin; one of a pair, a fellow.
      3. A great moral or religious duty; see यम (4).

    • -कम्

      1. A double bandage.
      2. (In Rhet.) Repetition in the same stanza (in any part of it) of words or syllables similar in sound, but different in meaning, a kind of rhyme, (of which various kinds are enumerated; see Kāv.3.2-52); सभा नलश्रीयमकैर्यमाद्यैर्नलं विनाभूद् घतदिव्यरत्नैः Name1.24; आवृत्तिं वर्णसंघातगोचरां यमकं विदुः Kāv.1.61;3.1; S. D.64.

    • -काव्यम् Name of an artificial poem (ascribed to घटकर्पर).

    • -भारतम् a summary of the Mahā-Bhārata made by आनन्दतीर्थ.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. यमकyamaka[yama-ka] a. double, twofold; n. double bandage; repetition of syllables iden tical in sound but different in…

    [yama-ka] adjective double, twofold; neuter double bandage; repetition of syllables iden tical in sound but different in meaning, paro nomasia; -kimkara, masculine Yama's servant, messenger of death; -ketu, masculine Yama's flag, sign of death; -kshaya, masculine Yama's abode; -gâthấ, feminine; also equal for verse treating of Yama; -griha, neuter Yama's abode; -ghna, adjective destroying death, epithet of Vishnu; -ga, adjective twin-born; masculine dual twins; -gâta, perfect passive participle: -ka, adjective, masculine the same; -gihvâ, feminine; also equal for (Yama's tongue), noun of a procuress; -tâ, feminine; also equal for condition of Yama: -m yâ, become the god of death to, cause the death of (genitive); -tvá, neuter the same; -damshtra, masculine noun of an Asura, of a Râkshasa, and of a warrior; -damshtrâ, feminine; also equal for Yama's tooth: - ͜ antaram gata, having en tered the jaws of death; -danda, masculine Yama's rod; -dis, feminine; also equal for Yama's quarter, south; -dûtá, masculine Yama's messenger; (á)-devata, adjective having Yama as a deity; -dhânî, feminine; also equal for Yama's abode.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. यमकyamakamfn. twin, doubled, twofold MBh.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective twin, doubled, twofold MBh.
    2. masculine gender a religious obligation or observance (Equivalent to व्रत) Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender (scilicet स्नेह) two similar greasy substances, oil and ghee Sus3r.
    4. masculine gender or neuter gender restraint, check (Equivalent to यम) Lexicographers
    5. neuter gender (in med.) a double band or bandage Sus3r.
    6. neuter gender (in rhetoric) the repetition in the same stanza of words or syllables similar in sound but different in meaning, paronomasia (of which various kinds are enumerated) Ka1vya7d. Va1m. etc. (confer, compare IW. 457)
    7. neuter gender a kind of metre Col.
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  2. अयुक्पादयमकayukpādayamakan. = अयुग्म-प्˚ q.v. Comm. on Bhat2t2. x, 10.
    1. neuter gender Equivalent to अयुग्म-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied quod vide commentator or commentary on Bhat2t2. x, 10.
    2. neuter gender Equivalent to अ - युग्म - प् that the rest of a word is to be supplied, Bhat2t2., Scholiast or Commentator
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  3. अयुग्मपादयमकayugmapādayamakan. (a species of alliteration) the repetition of the odd (i.e. the first and third) Pa1das पाद s of a stanza…

    neuter gender (a species of alliteration) the repetition of the odd (id est the first and third) Pa1das पाद s of a stanza (in such a manner that the sense of the sounds repeated is different in the first and third Pa1da पाद) commentator or commentary on Bhat2t2. x, 10.

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  4. अरण्यमक्षिकाaraṇyamakṣikāf. the gad fly L.

    feminine the gad fly Lexicographers

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  5. आद्यन्तयमकādyantayamakan. "homophony in the beginning and end of a stanza", N. of a figure in poetry (occurring in Bhat2t2. x, 21…

    neuter gender "homophony in the beginning and end of a stanza", Name of a figure in poetry (occurring in Bhat2t2. x, 21 S3is3. Kir. etc.)

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  6. आम्रेडितयमकāmreḍitayamakan. a Yamaka यमक (in which every Pa1da पाद ends with a word repeated twice). Bhar.

    neuter gender a Yamaka यमक (in which every Pa1da पाद ends with a word repeated twice). Bhar.

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  7. कांस्यमक्षिकkāṃsyamakṣikan. a metallic substance (probably a kind of pyrites) Sus3r.

    neuter gender a metallic substance (probably a kind of pyrites) Sus3r.

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  8. काञ्चीयमकkāñcīyamakan. a kind of paronomasia or punning, e.g. Bhat2t2. x, 8.

    neuter gender a kind of paronomasia or punning, exempli gratia, 'for example' Bhat2t2. x, 8.

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