Cailashaka, Cailāśaka, Caila-ashaka: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Cailāśaka can be transliterated into English as Cailasaka or Cailashaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chailashaka.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCailāśaka (चैलाशक).—A goblin feeding on moths Manusmṛti 12.72.
Derivable forms: cailāśakaḥ (चैलाशकः).
Cailāśaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms caila and aśaka (अशक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCailāśaka (चैलाशक).—m.
(-kaḥ) An eater of lice, (a goblin so designated.) E. caila an insect found in clothes, and aśaka who eats.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryCailāśaka (चैलाशक).—i. e. caila -āśaka (vb. aś + aka), m. The name of a demon, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 12, 72.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryCailāśaka (चैलाशक).—[masculine] a cert. goblin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCailāśaka (चैलाशक):—[from caila] m. a kind of goblin feeding on moths, [Manu-smṛti xii, 72.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCailāśaka (चैलाशक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Lice-eater; a goblin so denominated.
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