m. (also written vaka-) a kind of heron or crane, Ardea Nivea (often figuratively = a hypocrite, cheat, rogue, the crane being regarded as a bird of great cunning and deceit as well as circumspection) etc.
m. "a stork in relation to a mouse", (metaphorically) a man who behaves as an oppressor towards a weak person, (gaRapātresamitādi-and yuktārohy-ādi-q.v)
m. (according to to also n.; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).;also written stavaka-;prob. connected with stamba-, stambaka-) a cluster of blossoms, bunch of flowers, nosegay, tuft etc.
Name (also title or epithet) of a sacred bathing-place at the source of the godāvarī- (commonly called Trimbak, and renowned for a temple of the three-eyed god śiva-).
बकः 1 The Indian crane; न प्रयत्नशतेनापि शुकवत् पाठ्यते बकः H. -2 A cheat, rogue, hypocrite (the crane being a very cunning bird that knows well how to draw others into its clutches). -3 N. of a demon killed by Bhīma. -4 N. of another demon killed by Kṛiṣṇa. -5 N. of Kubera. -6 An apparatus for subliming metals or minerals. -की = पूतना q. v. अहो बकी यं स्तनकालकूटं जिघांस- यापाययदप्यसाध्वी Bhāg.3.2.23. -2 A female crane. -Comp. -चरः, -वृत्तिः, -व्रतचरः, -व्रतिकः, -व्रतिन् m. 'acting like a crane', a false devotee, religious hypocrite; अधोदृष्टिर्नैष्कृतिकः स्वार्थसाधनतत्परः । शठो मिथ्याविनीतश्च बकव्रतचरो द्विजः ॥ Ms.4.196. -चिञ्चिका, -चिञ्ची a kind of fish. -जित् m., -निषूदनः epithets of 1 Bhīma. -2 of Kṛiṣṇa. -धूपः a kind of perfume. -पञ्चकम् the last five days of the bright half of the month of Kārtika (during which even the heron no fish). -यन्त्रम् a kind of retort. -व्रतम् 'crane-like conduct', hypocrisy; ये बकव्रतिनो विप्राः Ms.4.197; see also 196 (बकव्रतचर). -सहवासिन् a lotus flower; Kuval.
चुम्बकः [चुम्ब्-ण्वुल्] 1 A kisser. -2 A lecher, a lustful man, libertine. -3 A rogue, cheat. -4 One who has kissed or dipped in a variety of subjects, a superficial scholar. -5 A loadstone. -6 The upper part or middle of a balance.
स्तबकः 1 A bunch, cluster; कुसुमस्तबकस्येव द्वे गती स्तो मनस्विनाम् Bh.2.14; R.13.32; Me.77; Ku.3.39. -2 A feather of a peacock's tail. -3 A tassel. -4 A chapter or section of a book.
m. a kind of heron (Ardea nivea: regarded as a type of circumspection as well as roguery and hypocrisy); rogue, cheat; hypocrite; N.: -kakkha, m. Heron-bank, N. of a locality; -mûrkha, m. fool of a heron.
m. foe of Baka (a Râk shasa conquered by him), ep. of Bhîmasena; -vatî, f. N. of a river; -vritti, a. behaving like the heron, hypocritical; m. hypocrite; -vrata, n. action of a heron: -kara, a.act ing like a heron, hypocritical; -vratika, a. hypocritical; -vratin, a. id.; -sahavâsin, m. fellow-lodger of the heron=lotus; -½ari, m. foe of Baka (an Asura), ep. of Krishna; -½âlîna, pp. lurking like a heron.
('Descendant of Dalbha’) is the name of a person mentioned in the Jaiminiya Upanisad Brāhmaṇa as constraining Indra for the Ájakeśins, and as a Kuru- Pañcāla. fι.
noun (masculine) Ardea Nivea (often fig. a hypocrite) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of heron or crane (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an apparatus for calcining or subliming metals or minerals (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cheat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a ṣi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rākṣasa killed by Bhīmasena (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Asura (said to have assumed the form of a crane and to have been conquered by Kṛṣṇa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Kubera (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rogue (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Sesbana Grandiflora (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) herd (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
iron pyrites
multitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the fruit of Nauclea cadamba
troop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Curcuma Aromatica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
iron pyrites
Nauclea Cadamba (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Sinapis Dichotoma (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a household (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
family (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the duties and cares of a householder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a kind of magnet
the upper part of a balance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kānta
a kind of kāntaloha Frequency rank 5552/72933
adjective knavish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one who kisses much (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
roguish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
superficial (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of Kubera
name of one of the 11 Rudras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Rudra or - later on - Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the cakes sacred to Rudra Tryambaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ceremony in which those cakes are offered (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (in astron.) the complement of latitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in geom.) a perpendicular (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular implement or vessel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
co-latitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the 15th astrological Yoga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the larger sections or books in the Kathāsaritsāgara (there are 18 Lambakas containing 124 Taramgas or chapters) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Alangium Hexapetalum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a hawk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a he-goat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a Rākṣasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an elephant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
falcon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
goat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a hare (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an ass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of Śiva's attendants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective disgracing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
imitating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
profaning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strikingly resembling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a chapter or section (in such books as contain in their titles the words) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a cluster of blossoms (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a feather of a peacock's tail (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a quantity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a tassel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bunch of flowers (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
multitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
nosegay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tuft (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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