Phalikarana, Phalīkaraṇa: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Phalīkaraṇa (फलीकरण).—

1) Winnowing, separating the grain from the husks.

2) husk, chaff, smallest grain etc; प्रजायामर्थप्रत्ययो धनदमिवाधनः फलीकरणम् (prajāyāmarthapratyayo dhanadamivādhanaḥ phalīkaraṇam) Bhāgavata 5. 3.13; ईश्वरात् क्षीणपुण्येन फलीकारानिवाधनः (īśvarāt kṣīṇapuṇyena phalīkārānivādhanaḥ) Bhāgavata 4.9.36.

Derivable forms: phalīkaraṇam (फलीकरणम्).

See also (synonyms): phalīkāra.

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

Phalīkaraṇa (फलीकरण).—[neuter] [abstract] to [preceding]; [masculine] [plural] the refuse from the cleaned grain.

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

1) Phalīkaraṇa (फलीकरण):—[=phalī-karaṇa] [from phalī > phal] n. separating the grain from the husks, cleansing of grain, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] chaff (of rice) or smallest grains, [Brāhmaṇa; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] m. (sg.), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

4) Phālīkaraṇa (फालीकरण):—[from phal] mfn. ([from] phalī-k) made of husks or the smallest grains, [Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa]

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

Phalīkaraṇa (फलीकरण):—[phalī-karaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. A merchant.

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