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    See also aṃśuka, aṃśukam.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 2, col. 2.
    aṃśukaṃ [aṃśavaḥ sūtrāṇi viṣayo yasya; aṃśu ṛśyādi° ka]

    1 A cloth, garment in general; stana° a breastcloth; sitāṃśukā V. 3. 12; yatrāṃśukākṣepavilajjitānāṃ Ku. 1. 14; cīnāṃśukamiva ketoḥ Ś. 1. 34.

    2 A fine or white cloth; dhunvan kalpadrumakisalayānyaṃśukānīva vātaiḥ Me. 62; usually silken or muslin.

    3 An upper garment; a mantle; also an under garment; kararuddhanīvigaladaṃśukāḥ striyaḥ Śi. 13. 31.

    4 A leaf.

    5 Mild or gentle blaze of light (nātidīpti) (kaḥ also; svārthekas.).

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 1.
    aṃśukaṃ , klī, (aṃśūn kāyati . kai śabde . ātaiti
    kaḥ . yadvā aṃśubhiḥ kāśate . kāśa dīptau .
    anyeṣvapīti ḍaḥ .) vastramātraṃ .. sūkṣmavastraṃ .. utta-
    rīyavastraṃ .. iti medinī .. śuklavastraṃ .. ityamara-
    ṭīkāyāṃ ramānāthaḥ .. (adhovastraṃ .) atraṃ . tejapāta
    iti bhāṣā . iti rājanirghaṇṭaḥ ..