vaṅkṣaṇa

Dictionary Definitions

[mw] n. (cf. 1. vakṣaṇa) the groin, the pubic and iliac regions (also f (A).) VarBr2S.; Sus3r. 911,3 184573 n. the thigh-joint MW. 117733 911,3 184573.1

Appears in 11 texts

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n. (cf. 1. vakṣaṇa) the groin, the pubic and iliac regions (also f (A).) VarBr2S.; Sus3r. 911,3 184573 n. the thigh-joint MW. 117733 911,3 184573.1

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

72

Texts Appeared In

9

Monier-Williams: the thigh-joint, MW.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 33 45.8%
2. Carakasaṃhitā 15 20.8%
3. Garuḍapurāṇa 9 12.5%
4. Suśrutasaṃhitā 9 12.5%
5. Kāmasūtra 2 2.8%

Concordance (Sample)

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: vaṅkṣaṇe

  ṣoḍaśadviguṇāḥ śroṇyāṃ tāsāṃ dve dve tu vaṅkṣaṇe

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: vaṅkṣaṇayoḥ

  alpaṃ vaṅkṣaṇayoḥ svalpaṃ dṛṅmuṣkahṛdaye na vā

• Carakasaṃhitā surface: vaṅkṣaṇa

  tadyathā nakhabhedaśca vipādikā ca pādaśūlaṃ ca pādabhraṃśaśca pādasuptatā ca vā