चूर्णक

{ cūrṇakḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चूर्णक  m.  m. a kind of षष्टिक grain, [Suśr. i, 46, 1, 5]
chalk-like paleness, [Car. v, 1 and 12]
grain fried and pounded, [L.]
चूर्णक  n.  n. fragrant powder, [Suśr. vi, 35, 5]
a kind of easy prose (expounding the purport of a foregoing verse, [W.]), [Chandom.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

चूर्णकः [cūrṇakḥ]   [चूर्ण स्वार्थे क]
Grain fried and pounded.
A species of silk-cotton tree (शाल्मलीविशेष); अङ्कोलाश्च कुरण्टाश्च चूर्णकाः पारिभद्रकाः [Rām.4.1.8.]
कम् A fragrant powder.
A style of prose-composition which is easy, does not contain hard letters, and has very few compounds; अकठोराक्षरं स्वल्पसमासं चूर्णकं विदुः [Chand. M.6.]
Explaining in prose the purport of a foregoing verse.

Shabda-Sagara

चूर्णक  m.  ( -कः) Grain fried and pounded.
 n.  ( -कं) Expounding in prose the purport of a foregoing verse, an order or interpretation in [Page273-b+ 60] prose not abounding in compound words.
E. कन् added to the preceding.

ROOTS:

कन्