विक्षीणक

{ vikṣīṇakḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वि-क्षीणक    v.l. for °क्षिणत्क॑

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वि क्षीणक

वि-क्षीणक  m.  m. ‘destroyer’, N. of the chief of a class of demigods attendant on शिव (described as causing destruction by pestilential diseases &c.), [W.]

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वि क्षीणक

a meeting or assembly of the gods, ib.
a place prohibited to eaters of meat, ib.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

विक्षीणकः [vikṣīṇakḥ]   1 N. of the chief of a class of beings attending on Śiva.
An assembly of the gods.
A destroyer.
A place from which flesh-eaters are excluded.

Shabda-Sagara

विक्षीणक  m.  ( -कः)
1. The chief of a class of demigods, enumerated amongst those attached to ŚIVA, and the ministers of destruction amongst men by plague, pestilence, &c.
2. A meeting or assembly of the gods.
3. A place prohibited to eaters of meat.
E. वि before, क्षीण wasted, (by whom,) and कन् added.

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वि क्षीण कन्