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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for शक

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शकśaka1 N. of a king (especially applied to Śālivāhana; but scholars do not seem to have yet agreed as to the…
    1. 1 Name of a king (especially applied to Śālivāhana; but scholars do not seem to have yet agreed as to the precise meaning and scope of the word).
    2. An epoch, era (the term is especially applied to the era of Śālivāhana which commences 78 years after the Christian ear).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -काः

      1. (Masculine Plural)
      2. Name of a country.
      3. Name of a particular tribe or race of people (mentioned in Ms.1.44 along with the Pauṇḍrakas etc.; see Mu.5.11 also).

    • -अन्तकः, -अरिः epithets of king Vikramāditya who is said to have exterminated the Śakas.

    • -अब्दः, -कालः a year of the Śaka era.

    • -कर्तृ, -कृत् Masculine the founder of an era.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शकśakasee सु-श्/अक .
    1. see सु-श्/अक .
    2. neuter gender excrement, ordure, dung (confer, compare शकन्, i, शकृत्) AV.
    3. neuter gender water (varia lectio for कश) Naigh. i, 12
    4. masculine gender a kind of animal Pan5car. (varia lectio शल)
    5. masculine gender wrong reading for शुक MBh. xiii, 2835
    6. masculine gender plural Name of a particular white-skinned tribe or race of people (in the legends which relate the contests between Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ and Vis3va1mitra विश्वामित्र the S3akas शक s are fabled to have been produced by the Cow of Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ, from her sweat, for the destruction of Vis3va1mitra विश्वामित्र 's army; in Mn. x, 44, they are mentioned together with the Paun2d2rakas पौण्ड्रक s, Od2ras ओड्र s, Dravid2as द्रविड s, Ka1mbojas काम्बोज s, Javanas जवन s or Yavanas यवन s, Pa1radas पारद s, Pahlavas पह्लव s, Ci1nas चीन s, Kira1tas किरात s, Daradas दरद s, and Khas3as खश s, described by Kull. as degraded tribes of Kshatriyas क्षत्रिय s called after the districts in which they reside: according to the VP. iv, 3, king Sagara सगर attempted to rid his kingdom of these tribes, but did not succeed in destroying them all : they are sometimes regarded as the followers of S3aka शक or S3a1li-va1hana शालि-वाहन, and are probably to be identified with the Tartars or Indo-Scythians [Latin सच] who overran India before the A1ryans Aryans, and were conquered by the great Vikrama7ditya विक्रमा*दित्य [quod vide]; they really seem to have been dominant in the north-west of India in the last century before and the first two centuries after the beginning of our era) AV.Paris3. Mn. MBh. etc.
    7. masculine gender a king of the S3akas शक s gaRa कम्बोजा*दि (on Pa1n2. 4-1, 175 vArttika)
    8. masculine gender an era, epoch (confer, compare -काल)
    9. masculine gender a year (of any era) Inscriptions
    10. masculine gender a particular fragrant substance Gal.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शकśaka[sáka] n. dung (AV., rare).
    1. [sáka] neuter dung (Atharva-veda, rare).
    2. [saka] masculine noun of a fair-skinned people, the Indo-Scythians: -kâla, masculine the Saka era (adjective dative 78, founded by Sâlivâhana).
    Source: Macdonell

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