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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. लेखकlekhakaA writer, scribe, copyist.

    [लिख्-ण्वुल्]

    1. A writer, scribe, copyist.
    2. A painter.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कम् Writing down, transcribing.

    • -दोषः, -प्रमादः a slip of the scribe, copyist's mistake.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. लेखकlekhakam. a writer, scribe, clerk, secretary Ya1jn5. MBh. &c.
    1. masculine gender a writer, scribe, clerk, secretary Ya1jn5. MBh. etc.
    2. masculine gender one who delineates or paints MW.
    3. neuter gender a writing, written message Subh.
    4. neuter gender a calculation (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedकं √कृ, to make a calculation, reckon) Mr2icch.
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  2. अधिकरणलेखकadhikaraṇalekhakam. a clerk at a hall of justice, Ka1d.

    masculine gender a clerk at a hall of justice, Ka1d.

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  3. काष्ठलेखकkāṣṭhalekhakam. a small worm found in wood L.

    masculine gender a small worm found in wood Lexicographers

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  4. खण्डलेखकkhaṇḍalekhakam. (= खञ्जलेख) a wagtail Gal.

    masculine gender (Equivalent to खञ्जलेख) a wagtail Gal.

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  5. ग्रामलेखकgrāmalekhakam. a village copyist Buddh.

    masculine gender a village copyist Buddh.

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  6. चित्रलेखकcitralekhakam. = -कर Pa1n2. 4-2, 128 Sch. (not in Ka1s3.)

    masculine gender Equivalent to -कर Pa1n2. 4-2, 128 Scholiast or Commentator (not in Ka1s3.)

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  7. दन्तलेखकdantalekhakam. one who lives by painting the teeth Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 2-2, 17 and vi, 2, 73.

    masculine gender one who lives by painting the teeth Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 2-2, 17 and vi, 2, 73.

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  8. दैवलेखकdaivalekhakam. fortune-teller, astrologer L.

    masculine gender fortune-teller, astrologer Lexicographers

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  9. द्यूतलेखकdyūtalekhakam. or n. a gambling-bill Mr2icch. ii 16/17.

    masculine gender or neuter gender a gambling-bill Mr2icch. ii 16/17.

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