The Sanskrit term Gavākṣaka can be transliterated into English as Gavaksaka or Gavakshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gavākṣaka (गवाक्षक).—an air-hole.

Derivable forms: gavākṣakaḥ (गवाक्षकः).

Gavākṣaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gava and akṣaka (अक्षक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gavākṣaka (गवाक्षक).—[gavākṣa + ka], m. = gavāk- ṣa 1.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Gavākṣaka (गवाक्षक):—[from gava > gav] m. (= kṣa) an air-hole, loophole, round window, [Mahābhārata i, 5003; Mṛcchakaṭikā; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. ifc. [Mahābhārata xiii. 976; Kathāsaritsāgara]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Akshaka, Gava.

Ends with: Jalagavakshaka.

Full-text: Jalagavakshaka.

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