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[apte] 1 A kind of goose with brown legs and bill. --2 The month Māgha. --3 A shuttle. --Comp. [Page0849-a+ 55] --akṣaḥ, --ākhyaḥ 1. a kind of goose with brown legs and bill; etasminma- dakalamallikākṣapakṣavyādhūtasphuradurudaṃḍapuṃḍarī- kāḥ (bhuvo vibhāgāḥ) U. 1. 31; Māl. 9. 14. --2. a particular breed of horses (with white spots on the eyes). (--kṣī) a female dog (with white spots on the eyes). --arjunaḥ N. of a Liṅga...

[apte] 1 A kind of jasmine; vaneṣu sāyaṃtanamallikānāṃ vijṛṃbhaṇodgaṃdhiṣu kuḍma- leṣu R. 16. 47. --2 A flower of this jasmine; vinyastasāyaṃtanamallikeṣu (ke- śeṣu) R. 16. 50; Kāv. 2. 215. --3 A lamp-stand. --4 An earthen vessel of a particular form. --Comp. --gaṃdhaṃ a kind of agallochum. --chad, --chadanaṃ n. a shade for a lamp.

Root

√kṣi क्षि

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · kṣaye

to decay, to get killed, to get destroyed, to wane, to go away, to reduce, to shrink

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1 A kind of goose with brown legs and bill. --2 The month Māgha. --3 A shuttle. --Comp. [Page0849-a+ 55] --akṣaḥ, --ākhyaḥ 1. a kind of goose with brown legs and bill; etasminma-...

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 50
Texts Appeared In: 24

DCS: preference or advantage in regard to the sense | Monier-Williams: mallikA f. See under mallaka .

Semantic Classification

Plant

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Rāmāyaṇa surface: mallikā

mālatīmallikāṣaṇḍāḥ karavīrāś ca puṣpitāḥ
Rasārṇava surface: mallikāyāḥ

kuberākṣasya bījāni mallikāyāśca sundari
Matsyapurāṇa surface: mallikāyāḥ

amlānakubjānyatha sinduvāraṃ puṣpaṃ punarnārada mallikāyāḥ