Veshaka, Veśaka: 7 definitions

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Veshaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Veśaka can be transliterated into English as Vesaka or Veshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Veśaka (वेशक).—A house.

Derivable forms: veśakaḥ (वेशकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Veṣaka (वेषक).—(= Sanskrit veṣa), guise, garb: kiṃ muni-°kena bhavato Lalitavistara 326.21 (verse), spoken by daughters of Māra to the Bodhisattva: what is the use of a wretched ascetic's guise for you ? Prob. contemptuous dim.

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

Veśaka (वेशक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Who or what enters. m.

(-kaḥ) A house. f.

(-śikā) Entrance, ingress. E. viś to enter, ṇvul aff.

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

Veśaka (वेशक).—i. e. viś + aka, I. adj. Who or what enters. Ii. m. A house. Iii. f. śikā, Entrance.

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

1) Veśaka (वेशक):—[from veśa] mfn. who or what enters, entering, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a house, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Veśaka (वेशक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) m.] A house. f. śikā Entrance. a. Entering.

[Sanskrit to German]

Veshaka 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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