śaka

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[apte] N. of a tribe inhabiting the countries on the north-western frontier of India, the Sacæ of the classical writers, and generally identified with the Scythians.

[mw] n. excrement, ordure, dung (cf. śakan, i, śakṛt) AV. 1045,3 211181 n. water (v.l. for kaśa) Naigh. i, 12 1045,3 211182 m. a kind of animal Pan5car. (v.l. śala) 1045,3 211183 m. w.r. for śuka MBh. xiii, 2835 1045,3 211184

[mw] m. pl. N. of a partic. white-skinned tribe or race of people (in the legends which relate the contests between Vasisht2ha vasiṣṭha and Vis3va1mitra viśvāmitra the S3akas Saka s are fabled to have been produced by the Cow of Vasisht2ha vasiṣṭha, from her... m. a king of the S3akas Saka s g. kambojādi (on Pa1n2. 4-1, 175 Va1rtt.) 1045,3 211202 m. an era, epoch (cf. -kāla) 1045,3 211203 m. a year (of any era) Inscr....

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N. of a tribe inhabiting the countries on the north-western frontier of India, the Sacæ of the classical writers, and generally identified with the Scythians.

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

358

Texts Appeared In

65

DCS: the sun | Monier-Williams: ( pl. ) N. of a people ( w.r. for Saka ), Buddh.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Suśrutasaṃhitā 50 14.0%
2. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 38 10.6%
3. Carakasaṃhitā 34 9.5%
4. Mahābhārata 30 8.4%
5. Rasaratnākara 16 4.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: śāka

  śākamūlaphalānāṃ ca dhānyavac chuddhir iṣyate

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: śākam

  vicchinnavirasāḥ rāgāḥ khāṇḍavāḥ śākam āmiṣam

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: śākena

  aviṃ kusumbhaśākena bisaiḥ saha virūḍhakam