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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शुकśukaA parrot; आत्मनो मुखदोषेण बध्यन्ते शुकसारिकाः Subhāṣ तुण्डैराताम्रकुटिलैः पक्षैर्हरितकोमलैः । त्रिवर्ण-…

    [शुक्-क]

    1. A parrot; आत्मनो मुखदोषेण बध्यन्ते शुकसारिकाः Subhāṣ तुण्डैराताम्रकुटिलैः पक्षैर्हरितकोमलैः । त्रिवर्ण- राजिभिः कण्ठैरेते मञ्जुगिरः शुकाः ॥ Kāv.2.9.
    2. The Śirīṣa tree.
    3. Name of a son of Vyāsa. (He is said to have been born from the seed of Vyāsa. which fell at the sight of the heavenly nymph Ghṛitāchī while roaming over the earth in the form of a female parrot. Śuka was a born philosopher, and by his moral eloquence successfully resisted all the attempts of the nymph Rambhā to win him over to the path of love. He is said to have narrated the Bhāgavata Purāṇa to king Parīkṣit. His name has become proverbial for the most rigid observer of continence.]

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कम्

      1. Cloth, clothes.
      2. A helmet.
      3. A turban.
      4. The end or hem of a garment.

    • -अदनः the pomegranate tree.

    • -कूटः a garland fixed over two pillars.

    • -तरुः, -द्रुमः the Śirīṣa tree.

    • -तुण्डः a particular position of hands.

    • -तुण्डकम् a kind of cinnabar.

    • -देवः Name of Śuka.

    • -नास

      1. Adjective having an aquiline nose.
      2. (सः) Name of the minister of Tārāpīḍa.
      3. a particular ornament on a house.
      4. Name of several plants.

    • -नासिका an aquiline nose.

    • -पुच्छः sulphur.

    • -पुष्पः, -प्रियः the Śirīṣa tree. (-या) the rose-apple.

    • -वल्लभः the pomegranate.

    • -वाहः an epithet of Cupid.

    • -सप्ततिः Name of 7 stories related by a parrot.

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  2. अंशुकम्aṃśukamA cloth, garment in general; सितांशुका मङ्गलमात्रभूषणा V.3.12; यत्रांशुकाक्षेपविलज्जितानां Ku.1.14…

    [अंशवः सूत्राणि बिषयो यस्य; अंशु ऋश्यादिdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied क]

    1. A cloth, garment in general; सितांशुका मङ्गलमात्रभूषणा V.3.12; यत्रांशुकाक्षेपविलज्जितानां Ku.1.14; चीनांशुकमिव केतोः Ś.1.33; स्तनdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied a breast-cloth.
    2. A fine or white cloth; धुन्वन् कल्पद्रुमकिसलयान्यंशुकानीव वातैः Me.64; usually silken or muslin.
    3. An upper garment; a mantle.
    4. An under garment; कररुद्धनीविगलदंशुकाः स्त्रियः Śi.13.31.
    5. A leaf.
    6. Mild or gentle blaze of light (नातिदीप्ति) (कः also; स्वार्थे कन्.)
    7. The string of a churning stick. cf अंशुकं नेत्रवस्त्रयोः । Compare also अंशुकं सूक्ष्मवस्त्रे स्यात् परिधानोत्तरीययोः । किरणानां समूहे च मुखवस्त्रे तदिष्यते ॥ Nm.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शुकśuka[súk-a] m. [bright, gaudy: √suk] parrot (V., C.); poet (C., rare); N. of a son of Vyâsa.

    [súk-a] masculine [bright, gaudy: √suk] parrot (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); poet (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, rare); noun of a son of Vyâsa.

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  2. अंशुकaṃśuka[amsu-ka] n. leaf; cloth, garment.

    [amsu-ka] neuter leaf; cloth, garment.

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  3. अंशुकान्तaṃśukānta[amsuka ͜ anta] m. hem of a garment.

    [amsuka ͜ anta] masculine hem of a garment.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शुकśukam. (prob. fr. √1. शुच्, and orig. "the bright one") a parrot RV. &c.
    1. masculine gender (probably from √1. शुच्, and originally "the bright one") a parrot fg-veda etc.
    2. masculine gender a poet (?) Ra1jat. v, 31
    3. masculine gender Acacia Sirissa Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender Zizyphus Scandens Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender Name of a son of Vya1sa व्यास (narrator of the Bha1gavata भागवत - Pura1n2a पुराण to king Parikshit परिक्षित्) MBh. Pur.
    6. masculine gender of a warrior MBh.
    7. masculine gender of an Asura असुर Hariv. (varia lectio शर)
    8. masculine gender of a king of the Gandharvas गन्धर्व s R.
    9. masculine gender of a minister of Ra1van2a रावण ibidem
    10. masculine gender of a Bra1hman Brahman ascetic Buddh.
    11. neuter gender Name of various plants (Acacia Sirissa, Bignonia Indica etc.) Lexicographers
    12. neuter gender a particular drug and perfume (Equivalent to ग्रन्थि-पर्ण, commonly called Gan2t2hi1a1la Ganthiala) Lexicographers
    13. neuter gender the hem of a garment Lexicographers
    14. neuter gender cloth, clothes Lexicographers
    15. neuter gender a helmet or turban Lexicographers
    16. neuter gender Name of a mythical weapon MBh.
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  2. अंशुकaṃśukan. cloth
    1. neuter gender cloth
    2. neuter gender fine or white cloth, muslin [see चीना*ंशुक] Lexicographers
    3. neuter gender garment, upper garment
    4. neuter gender tie (for binding a churning-stick).
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  3. अतिशुक्रatiśukra(/अति-) mfn. too bright.

    (/अति-) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective too bright.

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  4. अतिशुक्लatiśuklamfn. very white, too white.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective very white, too white.

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  5. अधोंशुकadhoṃśukan. a lower garment, L.

    neuter gender a lower garment, Lexicographers

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