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Results for लाकाक

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Apte Dictionary

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

लाकाकlākākaa.(-की f.) [लोके विदितः प्रसिद्धो हितो वा ठण्]
1. (-की Feminine) लोके विदितः प्रसिद्धो हितो वा ठण्
2. Worldly, mundane, terrestrial, earthly.
3. General, common, usual, ordinary, vulgar; लौकिकानां हि साधूनामर्थं वागनुवर्तते Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.1.
4. Of every-day life, generally accepted, popular, customary; जायापती लौकिकमेषणीयमार्द्रा- क्षतारोपणमन्वभूताम् Ku.7.88.
5. Temporal, secular (Opposite of आर्ष or शास्त्रीय); न पैतृयज्ञियो होमो लौकिकेऽग्नौ विधीयते Ms.3. 282.
6. Not sacred, profane (as a word or its sense); वाक्यं द्विविधं वैदिकं लौकिकं च T. S.; (see Mbh. quoted under लोक 8).
7. Belonging to the world of; as in ब्रह्मलौकिक.
Derived forms and compounds
- -काः
  
  (Plural)
  
  Ordinary men, men of the world.
  
  The human race, mankind.
- -कम् Any general or worldly custom.
- -अग्निः fire not sanctified by rituals.
- -ज्ञ Adjective knowing the ways of the world, acquainted with worldly customs; वनौकसोऽपि सन्तो लौकिकज्ञा वयम् Ś.4.
- -न्यायः a general rule or maxim.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

बलाकाकौशिकbalākākauśikam. N. of a preceptor S3Br.

masculine gender Name of a preceptor S3Br.

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