The Sanskrit terms Śārka and Śarka can be transliterated into English as Sarka or Sharka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Śarka (शर्क).—A son of King Kuśāmba. Śarka had a brother called Gāni. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 57).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Sarka in India is the name of a plant defined with Saccharum bengalense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Erianthus procerus (Roxb.) Raizada (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Archief voor de Suikerindustrie in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië (1934)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1983)
· Proc. 14th Congr. Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Technologists (1972)
· Brittonia (1945)
· Öfversigt af Förhandlingar: Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien (1855)
· Illustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains … (1839)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sarka, for example chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, health benefits, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śārka (शार्क).—Candied sugar.

Derivable forms: śārkaḥ (शार्कः).

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Sarka (सर्क).—

1) Wind, air.

2) The mind.

3) Name of Brahman.

Derivable forms: sarkaḥ (सर्कः).

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Sārka (सार्क).—a. Sunny.

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

Śārka (शार्क).—m.

(-rkaḥ) Clayed or candied sugar. E. śṝ to injure, aff. ka.

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Sarka (सर्क).—m.

(-rkaḥ) 1. Air, wind. 2. The mind. E. sṛ to go, ka aff.

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

Sārka (सार्क).—adj. with the sun, sunny.

Sārka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and arka (अर्क).

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

1) Śārka (शार्क):—m. = śarkarā, ground or candied sugar, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Sarka (सर्क):—m. (of unknown derivation) the wind, air, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) the mind, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Name of Prajā-pati, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Sārka (सार्क):—mfn. with the sun, sunny, [Varāha-mihira’s Yogayātrā; Kathāsaritsāgara]

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

Śārka (शार्क):—(rkaḥ) 1. m. Clayed or candied sugar.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sharka 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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Partial matches: Arka, Sha, Ca.

Starts with (+30): Sharkaka, Sharkala, Sharkara, Sharkarabhauma, Sharkaracala, Sharkaracaladana, Sharkarachala, Sharkaracurna, Sharkaradamta, Sharkaradhenu, Sharkaradi, Sharkaradya, Sharkaraja, Sharkaraka, Sharkarakalka, Sharkarakarshin, Sharkaraksha, Sharkarakshasa, Sharkarakshi, Sharkarakshya.

Ends with: Asharka, Dvadasharka, Jyotisharka.

Full-text: Sarkam, Sarkas, Sarkasa, Sarc, Sharkarakshyayani, Sharkarakshi, Sharkariya, Sharkarakshasa, Sharkarakshya, Sharkarin, Sharkaka, Sharkaridhana, Sharkarika, Sharkaraksha, Sharkaraka, Nakalokam, Sharkara.

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