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पाक mfn. 1.mfn. (either fr. √ 1.पा+क, ‘drinking, sucking’, or fr. √ 2.पच्, ‘ripening, growing’) very young, [GṛS.] simple, ignorant, inartificial, honest, [AV.] ; [TS.] ; [ĀśvŚr.] पाक m. m. the young of an animal (See उलुक-, कपत-) a child, infant, [L.] N. of a दैत्य slain by इन्द्र, [MBh.] ; [Pur.] पाक f. 2.m. (√ 2.पच्; ifc. f(ई). ) cooking, baking, roasting, boiling (trans. and intrans.), [ŚrS.] ; [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c. burning (of bricks, earthenware &c.), ib. any cooked or dressed food, [BhP.] digestion, assimilation of food, [Suśr.] ripening, ripeness (of fruit or of a boil), KātyŚr.; [Mn.] ; [Var.] ; [Suśr.] inflammation, suppuration, [Suśr.] an abscess, ulcer, ib. ripening of the hair i.e. greyness, old age, [L.] maturity, full development (as of the mind &c.), completion, perfection, excellence, [Hariv.] ; [Kāv.] &c. development of consequences, result (esp. of an act done in a former life), [Var.] ; [Pañc.] ; [MārkP.] any act having consequences, [BhP.] the domestic fire, [L.] a cooking utensil, [L.] पाक general panic or revolution in a country, [W.] (in comp. 2. is not always separable from 1.).
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