कालक

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

KĀLAKA   An Asura born to Kālikā by Kaśyapa. [Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Chapter 14] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

    see : पुतली, यकृत

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

कालक n.   विजर का पुत्र ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कालक  mfn.  1. mfn. ( [Pāṇ. 5-4, 33]) dark- blue, black, [Lalit.]
    freckled (? or ‘ dark’, as with anger), [Pat.]
कालक  m.  m. a freckle (? ‘ black colour’), [Pat.]
   the black part of the eye, [Suśr.]
   a water- snake, [L.]
   a kind of grain, [Suśr.]
   (in alg.) the second unknown quantity, [Bījag.]
    N. of a रक्षस्, iii, 29, 30"> [R. iii, 29, 30]
   of an असुर, [Hariv.]
कालक  m.  m. pl. N. of a people, [VarBṛS.]
कालक  m.  m. of a dynasty, [VP.]
कालक  n.  n. a worm- hole (in wood), [VarBṛS.]
   the liver, [L.]
    N. of a pot- herb, --- 14---
कालक  mfn.  2. mf( इका)n. to be paid monthly (as interest, वृद्धि).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कालक [kālaka] a.  a. black, dark- blue.
   कः A mole, freckle, mark.
   A water- snake.
   The black part of the eye.
   A kind of grain.
-का   Ved.
   A kind of bird.
   A daughter of Dakṣa.
    कम् The liver.
   An unknown quantity (in Alg.). -Comp.
-आचार्यः  N. N. of a Jaina teacher and astronomer.

Shabda-Sagara

कालक  mfn.  ( -कः-का- कं) black, dark coloured.
  m.  ( -कः)
   1. A freckle, a mark.
   2. A water snake.
  f.  ( -का) The mother of a class Asuras.
  n.  ( - कं) The liver.
    E. कल् to reckon, ( good or bad fortune,) वुञ् affix; or काल black, and कन् aff.

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कल् वुञ् काल कन्