iṣṭakā

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[apte] [iṣ-takan ṭāp Uṇ. 3. 148] 1 A brick; Mk. 3. --2 A brick used in preparing the sacrificial altar &c. --Comp. --gṛhaṃ a brick house. --cayanaṃ collecting fire by means of a brick. --cita a. made of bricks; Dk. 84; also iṣṭakacita. --nyāsaḥ laying the foundation of a house. --pathaḥ a road made of bricks. --rāśiḥ a pile of bricks.

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[iṣ-takan ṭāp Uṇ. 3. 148] 1 A brick; Mk. 3. --2 A brick used in preparing the sacrificial altar &c. --Comp. --gṛhaṃ a brick house. --cayanaṃ collecting fire by means of a brick....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

190

Texts Appeared In

41

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 55 28.9%
2. Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā 20 10.5%
3. Taittirīyasaṃhitā 19 10.0%
4. Ānandakanda 12 6.3%
5. Āpastambaśrautasūtra 12 6.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: iṣṭakā

  iṣṭakā bahusāhasrī śīghram ānīyatām iti

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: iṣṭakāś

  iṣṭakāś ca yathānyāyaṃ kāritāś ca pramāṇataḥ

• Rasārṇava surface: iṣṭakām

  guḍeṣṭakāṃ tu saṃmardya priye tanmarditaṃ rasam