वाहिक

{ vāhikḥ, vāhika }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VĀHIKA   A Brahmin who was well-versed in the Vedas. This Brahmin earned his bread by selling salt. In his life, he had committed sins. At last he was killed by a lion. The flesh of his dead body fell in the Gaṅgā in consequence of which he got remission of his sins. [Skanda Purāṇa 2: 4: 1-28] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : ढक्का, जोतगाड़ी

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

वाहिक n.  एक वेदवेत्ता ब्राह्मण, जो दुःस्थिति के कारण नमक वेच कर अपनी जीविका चलाता था । इसने जीवन में अनेकानेक पापकर्म किये। अंत में यह एक शेर के द्वारा मारा गया। किंतु इसका मांस गंगा नदी में गिरने के कारण, इसका उद्धार हुआ [स्कंद. २.४.१-२८] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वाहिक  m.  m. ( fr. वाह) a car or vehicle drawn by oxen, [L.]
a large drum, [L.]
a carrier, [Divyâv.]
( pl.) N. of a people, [MBh.]
वाहिक  n.  n. Asa Foetida, [L.] (in the two last meanings prob. w.r. for बाल्हिक or बाल्हीक).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वाहिकः [vāhikḥ]   1 A large drum.
A car drawn by oxen.
A carrier of loads.

Shabda-Sagara

वाहिक  m.  ( -कः)
1. A large drum.
2. A car, &c., drawn by oxen.
E. वह् to bear, इक aff.

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वह् इक