प्लवक

{ plavakḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्लवक  m.  m. a leaper (by profession), a rope-dancer &c., [MBh.]
a frog, [L.]
a चण्डाल, [L.]
Ficus Infectoria, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्लवकः [plavakḥ]   [प्लु बाहु˚ अक]
A frog.
A jumper, tumbler, rope-dancer.
The holy fig-tree.
A Chāṇḍāla, an outcast.
A monkey.

Shabda-Sagara

प्लवक  m.  ( -कः)
1. A tumbler, a dancer, a man who walks on the edge of a sword, a rope-dancer, &c.
2. An outcast.
3. A frog.
E. प्लव् a tumbler, &c. and कन् aff.

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प्लव् कन्