Alaka, Ālakā, Alakā, Āḷaka: 28 definitions
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Alaka has 27 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Āḷaka can be transliterated into English as Alaka or Aliaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Alak.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAlaka (अलक):—
1) m. n. Haarlocke, lockiges Haar [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 47.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 569.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 3] [?(Manu’s Gesetzbuch). Medinīkoṣa k. 40.] keśarasya ca puṣpāṇi kareṇāmṛdya rāghavaḥ . alakaṃ pūrayāmāsa maithilyāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 96, 20.] [Caurapañcāśikā 4.] [Amaruśataka 3.] [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 42. 4, 54. 6, 23.] [Meghadūta 64. 66. 68. 82. 88. 93.] [Pañcatantra I, 225.] alakānta [Meghadūta 8.] am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Mṛcchakaṭikā 86, 19.] [Vikramorvaśī 53.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 5, 55.] —
2) m. = alarka ein toller Hund [RĀYAM.] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 22 im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) f. kā gaṇa kṣipakādi . a) ein junges Mädchen von 8 bis 10 Jahren [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] Vgl. alakanandā . — b) Kuvera's Stadt [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 66.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 190.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 4.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 40.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 6, 37.] [Meghadūta 64.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 19, 107.] [Harivaṃśa 6800.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 5, 21.]
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Alaka (अलक):—[UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 5, 35.] m. pl. die Bewohner von Alakā (Schol.): alakāḥ saha gandharvairyakṣāśca saha kiṃnaraiḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 11813.] alakanātha Fürst der Alaka (Nomen proprium eines Volkes; vgl. 3,c.) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 11,58] (lies nātho) . —
3) b) [Kathāsaritsāgara 41, 115.] — c) Nomen proprium einer Stadt in Niṣadha [Kathāsaritsāgara 101, 41. 115.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAlaka (अलक):——
1) m. n. Haarlocke , lockiges Haar. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. —
2) m. * = alarka toller Hund. —
3) m. Pl. Nomen proprium — a) eines Volkes. — b) der Bewohner von Alakā (Kubera’s Stadt). —
4) f. ā — a) *ein junges Mädchen von 8 bis 10 Jahren. — b) *Fett [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa (roth) ] — c) Nomen proprium — α) der Residenz Kubera’s [Indische sprüche 7792] (zugleich Locke ). — β) einer Stadt der Niṣadha.
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Ālaka (आलक):—n. = āla 3)a) [Av. der Paippalāda-Schule 9,2,5.]
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Starts with (+46): Alaka-manda, Alakaba, Alakaccu, Alakachudaka, Alakacudaka, Alakadatta, Alakadeva, Alakadhipa, Alakadhipati, Alakagra, Alakagucca, Alakahvaya, Alakai, Alakaiccuram, Alakaikkommattikkoti, Alakaikkotiyal, Alakaipputal, Alakakalasha, Alakalakaka, Alakalam.
Ends with (+680): Abalaka, Acarapalaka, Adhishavanaphalaka, Adyakalaka, Aggalaphalaka, Aimdrajalaka, Ajapalaka, Ajna-paripalaka, Ajnapalaka, Akalaka, Akhalaka, Akkharaphalaka, Akshaphalaka, Alakhalaka, Alavalaka, Amalaka, Ambalaka, Ambudhibalaka, Amshaphalaka, Anaitantwalaka.
Full-text (+170): Alakam, Alaya, Alakadhipa, Alakadhipati, Alakasamhati, Alakeshvara, Alakaprabha, Alakanta, Alakananda, Alakapriya, Latalaka, Yaksharatpuri, Alaka-manda, Bhramaralaka, Antaralaka, Antaralake, Alakai, Alakecan, Alakuva, Alakavalli.
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