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Results for शक्वर
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
शक्वरśakvaraA bull, an ox.
A bull, an ox.
Derived forms and compounds
-री
A finger.
fingerring.
A girdle, zone.
A cow.
Name of a Sāman; एताः शक्वर्यो लोकेषु प्रोताः Ch. Up.2.17.1.
feminineplural (wrongly written शक्करी or शर्करी) Name of particular verses or hymns (especially of the Maha1na1mni1 महानाम्नी verses belonging to the S3a1kvara शाक्वर - Sa1man सामन्) RPra1t. Gobh.
feminine a particular metre (in Vedic texts of 7 x 8 syllables, and therefore called सप्त-पदा, later any metre of 4 x 14 syllables exempli gratia, 'for example' the Vasanta-tilaka वसन्त-तिलकquod vide) TS. Ka1t2h. ChUp. etc.
feminineplural water AV. VS. Gobh.
femininedual number the arms Naigh. ii, 4
feminine sg. a cow AV. Pan5cavBr. (confer, compare Naigh. ii, 11)
feminine a finger Lexicographers
feminine a river Un2. iv, 112 Scholiast or Commentator