माहिषिक

{ māhiṣikḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

माहि°षिक  m.  m. prec. sg. [VP.]
the paramour of an unchaste woman (others ‘one who lives by the prostitution of his wife’), [L.]
माहि°षिक  f.  f( आ or ई) N. of a river, [R.],

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

माहिषिकः [māhiṣikḥ]   1 A buffalo-keeper, a herdsman.
The paramour of an unchaste woman; (महिषीत्युच्यते नारी या च स्याद् व्यभिचारिणी । तां दृष्टां कामयति यः स वै माहिषिकः स्मृतः ॥ Kālikā Purāṇa.
One who lives by the prostitution of his wife; महिषीत्युच्यते नार्या भगेनोपार्जितं धनम् । उपजीवति यस्तस्याः स वै माहिषिकः स्मतः ॥ Śrīdhara on [V. P.]

Shabda-Sagara

माहिषिक  m.  ( -कः)
1. A buffalo-keeper.
2. The paramour of an un- chaste women.
3. One who lives by the prostitution of his wife.