सक्थि

{ sakthi }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सक्थि  n.  n. (derivation doubtful; the base सक्थ॑न् [fr. which acc. pl. सक्थानि, [RV. v, 61, 3]] appears in later language only in the weakest cases e.g. sg. instr. सक्थ्ना॑ gen. abl. सक्थ्न॑स् loc. सक्थ॑नि, or सक्थ्नि॑ cf. [Pāṇ. 7-1, 75]; there occurs also nom. acc. du. सक्थ्यौ॑ [ [RV. x, 86, 16]; [AV. vi, 9, 1]] formed fr. a fem. base सक्थी॑), the thigh, thigh-bone
   the pole or shafts of a cart ( du. euphemistically ‘the female organ’), [RV.]; &c.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

सक्थि [sakthi]  n. n. [सञ्ज्-किथन् [Uṇ.3.154] ]
   The thigh; (changed in comp. to सक्थ after उत्तर, पूर्व and मृग or when the compound implies comparison; see [P.V.4.98]); असौ चासौ च सक्थ्यौ [Bṛi. Up.1.2.3;] सुग्रीवेशः कटी पातु सक्थिनी हनुमत्प्रभुः Rāma-rakṣā 8.
   A thigh bone.
   The pole or shafts of a carriage.

Shabda-Sagara

सक्थि  n.  ( -क्थि)
   1. The thigh.
   2. Part of the frame of a cart.
   3. A bone. In compound सक्थि is changed to सक्थ after उत्तर, पूर्व, मृग, or a word denoting an object with which it is compared.
    E. षञ्ज् to unite, Unādi aff. क्थिन् .

ROOTS:

षञ्ज् क्थिन् .

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

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