• Home
  • Sanskrit
  • About
  • aṃgārakaḥ


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 20, col. 2.
    aṃgārakaḥ kaṃ [aṃgāra svārthe kan]

    1 Charcoal.

    2 Mars; °viruddhasya prakṣīṇasya bṛhaspateḥ Mk. 9. 33; °cāraḥ course of Mars, See chapter 6 of Bṛhat Saṃhitā.

    3 Tuesday (°-dinaṃ, °-vāsaraḥ).

    4 N. of a prince of Sauvīra.

    5 N. of two plants kuraṃṭaka and bhṛṃgarāja, Eclipta (or Verbesina) Prostrata, and white or yellow Amaranth.

    kaṃ [alpārthe kan]

    1 A small spark.

    2 A medicated oil in which turmeric, Dūrvā, Manjishṭhā and other substances have been boiled.

    Comp.

    maṇiḥ [aṃgārakasya priyaḥ maṇiḥ śāka. ta.] a coral (pravāla) (tasya ca raktavarṇatvāt tatpriyatvaṃ; māṇikyaṃ bhāskare deyaṃ caṃdre muktāṃ pradāpayet . pravālaṃ ca kuje dadyāt).