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उक्षन्

   { ukṣan }
Script: Devanagari

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English
उक्षन्  m. m. an ox or bull (as impregnating the flock; in the वेद especially as drawing the chariot of उषस् or dawn), [RV.] ; [AV.] ; [TS.] ; KātyŚr.; [MBh.] ; [Kum.] &c.
N. of the सोम (as sprinkling or scattering small drops)
of the मरुत्s
of the sun and अग्नि, [RV.]
ऋषभ   one of the eight chief medicaments (), [L.]
N. of a man
उक्षन्  mfn. mfn. large, [L.] ;
उक्षन्   [cf.Zd.ukhshan; Goth.auhsa and auhsu; Armen.eṣn.]

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उक्षन् [ukṣan]   a.
Large.
Sprinkling. m. (-क्षा) [उक्ष् कनिन् [Uṇ.1.156] ]
An ox or bull; [Ku.7.7;] cf. also विदलितमहाकूलामुक्ष्णां विषाणविघट्टनैः [Śi.12.77;] (changed to उक्ष in some comp. महोक्षः, वृद्धोक्षः &c.) [P.V.4.77.]
An epithet of Soma; the Maruts, the Sun and the Agni.
One of the eight chief medicaments (ऋषभौषधि).-Comp.
-अन्न a.  a. one whose food is oxen. (Ved.); उक्षान्नाय वशान्नाय सोमपृष्ठाय वेधसे [Rv.8.43.11.]
-तरः   a small bull or ox; अनुक्षणं नोक्षतरः प्रतीच्छति [Śi.12.1;] cf. वत्सतर.
-वश a.  a. dependent on a bull (यदि वशां न विन्देदप्युक्षवश एव स्यात्); male calf (?)

उक्षन्     

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English
उक्षन्  m.  (-क्षा) An ox or bull.
E. उक्ष् to sprinkle, and कनिन् Unādi aff.
ROOTS:
उक्ष् कनिन्

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