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    See also akāraka.


    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 1308, col. 1.
    a-kālaka n. food eaten at irregular times, ib.

    Renou Terminologie grammaticale du Sanskrit

    vol. 1, p. 2.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 2, col. 1.
    akālaka, (1) nt. (from akāla), food (delicacies) suitable

    for eating at other than meal times (= akālakhādyaka,

    q.v.): śālīnām odanavidhim akālakam (so Senart em., mss.

    odanaṃ viditakālakaṃ, or °kārakaṃ) anekavyañjana-m-

    upetaṃ Mv i.306.13 (vs; otherwise Senart); tair °kāni

    sajjīkṛtāni Divy 130.22; (2) adj. (cf. Pali akāla-cīvara),

    of monks' robes, provided at extraordinary times: (akā)la-

    kaiś cīvaraiḥ MPS 40.54.