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Apte Dictionary

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

शिफाकśiphākaThe root of a water-lily. शिबिः(विः) A beast of prey.
1. The root of a water-lily. शिबिः(विः) A beast of prey.
2. The birch tree.
3. Name of a country (Plural); Mb.5.195.7.
4. Name of a king (who is said to have saved Agni in the form of a dove from Indra in the form of a hawk by offering an equal quantity of his own flesh weighed in a balance); शिबेरिव समुद्भूतं शरणागतरक्षया Mu.6.18.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शिफाकśiphākam. the root of a water-lily L.

masculine gender the root of a water-lily Lexicographers

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शिफाकन्दśiphākandam. n. the root of a water-lily L.

masculine gender neuter gender the root of a water-lily Lexicographers

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