कर्णक

{ karṇakḥ, karṇaka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KARṆAKA   A barber who lived in Kāśī. [Chapter 29, Harivaṁśa] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

कर्णक n.  अत्रिकुलोत्पन्न एक ब्रह्मर्षि (अत्रि देखिये) । यह मंत्रकार था [मत्स्य.१४५. १०७-१०८] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कर्णक  f.  m. ( ifc. f( आ).) a prominence or handle or projection on the side or sides (of a vessel &c.), a tendril, [ŚBr.]; KātyŚr.
a rime, ring, [Car.]
a kind of fever
a particular defect of wood Comm. on KātyŚr.
N. of a man
कर्णक  m.  m. pl. the descendants of this man g. उपका-दि
कर्णक  m.  m. du. the two legs spread out, [AV. xx, 133, 3]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कर्णकः [karṇakḥ]   Ved.
A prominence; handle.
The leaves and branches &c. of trees.
A tendril.
White hair; तं त्वां पुनः पलितकर्णकभाजमेनम् [Bh.3.126.]
A kind of fever.