वल्मीक

{ valmīkḥ }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   valmīka n m S A hillock thrown up by moles &c., but esp. the mound made by the termes or white ant. Ex. शिरला भुजांतरीं शर ॥ वल्मीकामाजी नागनायकसा ॥. 2 Elephantiasis, or swellings of the neck, chest, hands, and feet which break and run.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 n   A hillock thrown up by moles; an ant-hill.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  न. 
   मुंग्यांनी केलेले वारुळ . शिरला भुजांतरी शर वल्मीकामाजी नागसायकसा ।
   वातदोषाने मान , गळा , हातपाय इ० ठिकाणी उत्पन्न होणारा गांठीचा रोग . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वल्मीक  mn.  mn. ( g. अर्धर्चा-दि) an ant-hill, mole-hill, a hillock or ground thrown up by white ants or by moles ( cf. वम्री-कूट) &c., [VS.] &c. &c.
   swelling of the neck or of the chest and other parts of the body, elephantiasis, [Suśr.]
वल्मीक  m.  m. = सा-तपो मेघः or = सूर्यः, [Megh.] Sch.
    N. of the father of वाल्मीकि, [BhP.]
   the poet वाल्मीकि, [L.]
वल्मीक  n.  n. N. of a place, [Kathās.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वल्मीकः [valmīkḥ] कम् [kam]   कम् [वल्-ईक मुट् च [Uṇ.4.25] ] An ant-hill, a hillock thrown up by white ants, moles &c.; धर्मं शनैः संचिनुयाद्वल्मीकमिव पुत्तिकाः Subhāṣ; [Me.15;] [Ś.7.11.]
   कः Swelling of certain parts of the body, elephantiasis.
   The poet Vālmīki. -Comp.
-भौमम्, -राशिः, -वपा   an ant-hill.
-शीर्षम्   a kind of antimony (used as collyrium).

Shabda-Sagara

वल्मीक  mn.  ( -कः-कं) A hillock, ground thrown up by moles, &c., but especially the large accumulations of soil, sometimes made by the white ant.
  m.  ( -कः)
   1. The poet VĀLMĪKI.
   2. Elephantiasis, or swellings of the neck, chest, hands and feet, which break and discharge ichor in many places.
    E. वल् to cover, or बल् to live, ईक Unādi aff., and मुट् augment; in the latter case this word and the corresponding ones are written बल्मीक, &c.; also वल्मिक .

ROOTS:

वल् बल् ईक मुट् बल्मीक वल्मिक .