Vayaka, Vayāka, Vāyaka: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVayāka (वयाक).—A little branch, a creeper.
Derivable forms: vayākaḥ (वयाकः).
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Vāyaka (वायक).—
1) A weaver; धर्मराजपुरुषा वायका इव सर्वतोऽङ्गेषु सूत्रैः परिवयन्ति (dharmarājapuruṣā vāyakā iva sarvato'ṅgeṣu sūtraiḥ parivayanti) Bhāgavata 5.26.36.
2) A heap, multitude, collection.
Derivable forms: vāyakaḥ (वायकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāyaka (वायक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A number, a multitude, a heap. 2. A weaver. E. vay to go, ṇvul aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāyaka (वायक).—I. m. A multitude. Ii. adj. Weaving, a weaver (? in paṭṭikā-, A weaver of ribbons, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 90, 21 Gorr.; who has vāpaka, which Böhtl. changes in vāyaka).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāyaka (वायक).—[masculine] weaver, sewer.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vayāka (वयाक):—[from vayas] m. a little branch, tendril, creeper (= latā), [Sāyaṇa] (cf. next).
2) Vāyaka (वायक):—[from vāya] 1. vāyaka m. a weaver, sower, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) 2. vāyaka m. (said to be [from] √vay) a heap, multitude, number, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāyaka (वायक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A number; a heap.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vāyaka (वायक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vāyaga.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vayakala, Vayakalanem, Vayakalyana, Vayakantacceti, Vayakantakam, Vayakarana, Vayakarani.
Ends with: Ahvayaka, Avayaka, Hvayaka, Paivayaka, Pattikavayaka, Pravayaka, Tantuvayaka.
Full-text: Vayaga, Pattikavapaka, Pattikavayaka, Vapaka, Pravayaka, Vayakin, Dur-vachaka.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.5.44 < [Chapter 5 - Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Entrance Into Mathurā]
Verse 5.10.10 < [Chapter 10 - The Stories of the Washerman, Weaver, and Florist]
Chapter 10 - The Stories of the Washerman, Weaver, and Florist < [Canto 5 - Mathurā-khaṇḍa]
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 6.4.11 < [Section 4 - Fourth Tiruvaymoli (Kuravai aycciyarotu)]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter X - The Buddha’s Visit to Kapilavastu < [Volume III]