Shakulakshaka, Śakulākṣakā, Shakula-akshaka: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śakulākṣakā can be transliterated into English as Sakulaksaka or Shakulakshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Shakulakshaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śakulākṣakā (शकुलाक्षका).—white bent gress, Panicum Dactylon (Mar. śukladūrvā).

Śakulākṣakā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śakula and akṣakā (अक्षका). See also (synonyms): śakulyakṣakā, śakulākṣī, śakulyakṣī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śakulākṣaka (शकुलाक्षक).—m.

(-kaḥ) Bent grass, (Panicum dactylon,) with white blossoms. E. śakula a kind of fish, akṣi the eye, ac substituted for the final vowel; the blossoms being compared to the eye of a fish.

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

Śakulākṣaka (शकुलाक्षक):—[from śakula] m. ‘fish-eyed’, white bent-grass, Panicum Dactylon (the blossoms are white and compared to the eye of a fish), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śakulākṣaka (शकुलाक्षक):—[śakulā+kṣaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Bent-grass.

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Shakulakshaka in German

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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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