औलूक्य

{ aulūkyḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

औलूक्य  m.  m. a descendant of उलूक g. गर्गा-दि, [Pāṇ. 4-1, 105]
उलूक   a follower of the वैशेषिक doctrine ( cf.).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

औलूक्यः [aulūkyḥ]   [उलूकस्यापत्यं, यञ्] N. of Kaṇāda, the propounder of the Vaiśeṣika philosophy; (see औलूक्य- दर्शन in [Sarva. S.]

Shabda-Sagara

औलूक्य  m.  ( -क्यः) A follower of the Vaiseshika doctrine.
E. उलूक an owl, and ष्यञ् affix, like an owl: this etymology, and perhaps the word, owes its origin probably to controversial animosity.

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उलूक ष्यञ्