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Results for विक्षीणक

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Apte Dictionary

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

विक्षीणकvikṣīṇaka1 N. of the chief of a class of beings attending on Śiva.
1. 1 Name of the chief of a class of beings attending on Śiva.
2. An assembly of the gods.
3. A destroyer.
4. A place from which flesh-eaters are excluded.
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विक्षीणकvikṣīṇakav.l. for ˚क्षिणत्क्/अ
1. varia lectio for that the rest of a word is to be suppliedक्षिणत्क्/अ
2. masculine gender "destroyer", Name of the chief of a class of demigods attendant on S3iva शिव (described as causing destruction by pestilential diseases etc.) W.
3. masculine gender a meeting or assembly of the gods ibidem
4. masculine gender a place prohibited to eaters of meat ibidem
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