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Results for सैक
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
A heap of sand (Compare Amarachandra's com. on Ṛs.2.9 'सैकतिनी सिकताया वालुकायाः समूहः सैकतं तेन युक्ता'). -MasculinePluralName of a family of Ṛiṣis; अन्ये चापरिमेयाश्च ब्राह्मणा वनमाश्रिताः । वैखानसा वालखिल्याः सैकताश्च तथा परे ॥ Mb.12.244.2 (some take सैकतः as a kind of वानप्रस्थ; see सैकतिकः).
सैकतsaikata[saikat-á] a. (î) consisting or made of sand (sikatâ), sandy (Br., C.); n. (C.) sand bank, sandy shore (of a…
[saikat-á] adjective (î) consisting or made of sand (sikatâ), sandy (Brâhmana, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); neuter (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit) sand bank, sandy shore (of a river); sandy soil (rare); -in, adjective having sandbanks or sandy shores.