karka

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [kṛ-ka Uṇ. 3. 40] 1 White. --2 Good, excellent. --rkaḥ 1 A crab. --2 Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac. --3 Fire. --4 A water-jar. --5 A mirror. --6 A white horse. [cf. Pers. kark; L. cancer; Gr. kor- kinos ]. --Comp. --cirbhaṭī small cu- cumber.

[mw] mf (/I) n. (kṛ Un2. iii, 40; cf. karaṅka), white AV. iv, 38, 6; 7 255,3 44621 mf (/I) n. good, excellent W. 255,3 44622 m. a white horse MBh. 255,3 44623 m. a crab L. 255,3 44624

Root

Appears in 6 texts

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a. [kṛ-ka Uṇ. 3. 40] 1 White. --2 Good, excellent. --rkaḥ 1 A crab. --2 Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac. --3 Fire. --4 A water-jar. --5 A mirror. --6 A white horse. [cf....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

5

Texts Appeared In

4

DCS: = ūcāruṇa; plover-like | Monier-Williams: N. of a commentator

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 2 40.0%
2. Aṣṭādhyāyī 1 20.0%
3. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 1 20.0%
4. Rājanighaṇṭu 1 20.0%

Concordance (Sample)

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: karka

  unmanthe 'bhyañjanaṃ tailaṃ godhākarkavasānvitam

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: karkaḥ

  karkaṭaḥ kārkaṭaḥ karkaḥ kṣudradhātrī ca sa smṛtaḥ

• Mahābhārata surface: karkair

  ṛśyavarṇān hayān karkair miśrānmārutaraṃhasaḥ