कालक

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

KĀLAKA   An Asura born to Kālikā by Kaśyapa. [Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Chapter 14] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : पुतली, यकृत

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

कालक n.  विजर का पुत्र ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कालक  mfn.  1. mfn. ( [Pāṇ. 5-4, 33]) dark-blue, black, [Lalit.]
freckled (? or ‘dark’, as with anger), [Pat.]
कालक  m.  m. a freckle (? ‘black colour’), [Pat.]
the black part of the eye, [Suśr.]
a water-snake, [L.]
a kind of grain, [Suśr.]
(in alg.) the second unknown quantity, [Bījag.]
N. of a रक्षस्, [R. iii, 29, 30]
of an असुर, [Hariv.]
कालक  m.  m. pl. N. of a people, [VarBṛS.]
कालक  m.  m. of a dynasty, [VP.]
कालक  n.  n. a worm-hole (in wood), [VarBṛS.]
the liver, [L.]
N. of a pot-herb, [Bhpr.]
कालक  mfn.  2. mf( इका)n. to be paid monthly (as interest, वृद्धि).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कालक [kālaka] a.  a. Black, dark-blue.
कः A mole, freckle, mark.
A water-snake.
The black part of the eye.
A kind of grain.
-का   Ved.
A kind of bird.
A daughter of Dakṣa.
कम् The liver.
An unknown quantity (in Alg.). -Comp.
-आचार्यः  N. N. of a Jaina teacher and astronomer.

Shabda-Sagara

कालक  mfn.  ( -कः-का-कं) Black, dark coloured.
 m.  ( -कः)
1. A freckle, a mark.
2. A water snake.
 f.  ( -का) The mother of a class Asuras.
 n.  ( -कं) The liver.
E. कल् to reckon, (good or bad fortune,) वुञ् affix; or काल black, and कन् aff.

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कल् वुञ् काल कन्