लाकाक

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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

लाकाक [lākāka] a.  a. (- की f.) [लोके विदितः प्रसिद्धो हितो वा ठण्]
    worldly, mundane, terrestrial, earthly.
    general, common, usual, ordinary, vulgar; लौकिकानां हि साधूनामर्थं वागनुवर्तते [U.1.1.]
   Of every- day life, generally accepted, popular, customary; जायापती लौकिकमेषणीयमार्द्रा- क्षतारोपणमन्वभूताम् [Ku.7.88.]
    temporal, secular (opp. आर्ष or शास्त्रीय); न पैतृयज्ञियो होमो लौकिकेऽग्नौ विधीयते [Ms.3.] 282.
    not sacred, profane (as a word or its sense); वाक्यं द्विविधं वैदिकं लौकिकं च T. S.; ( see Mbh. quoted under लोक 8).
    belonging to the world of; as in ब्रह्मलौकिक.-काः (pl.)
    ordinary men, men of the world.
   The human race, mankind.
-कम्    any general or worldly custom. -Comp.
-अग्निः    fire not sanctified by rituals.- ज्ञ a. knowing the ways of the world, acquainted with worldly customs; वनौकसोऽपि सन्तो लौकिकज्ञा वयम् [Ś.4.]
-न्यायः   a general rule or maxim.