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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 7, col. 1.
    akṣāra I. Tatpur. m. (-raḥ) Natural salt, salt which is not

    factitious. E. a neg. and kṣāra.

    II. Bahuvr. m. f. n. (-raḥ-rā-ram) Not containing fac-

    titious salt. See akṣāralavaṇa and akṣārālavaṇa. E. a priv.

    and kṣāra.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 3, col. 3.
    akṣāra a-kṣāra, as, ā, am, free from facti-

    tious salt; (as), m. natural salt. —Akṣāra-lavaṇa or

    akṣārālavaṇa, am, n. natural salt; food that may be

    eaten at a season unfit for performing religious duties.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    p. 111, col. 2.
    a-kṣāra, a. not pungent.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 8, col. 1.
    akṣāra a. [nāsti kṣāraṃ yatra] Free from artificial salt.

    raḥ Natural salt gokṣīraṃgoghṛtaṃcaivadhānyamudgāstilāyavāḥ . sāmudrasaiṃdhavaṃcaiva °lavaṇaṃsmṛtam ..

    Comp.

    lavaṇaṃ (

    rā°) [kṣāreṇa ūṣaramṛttikayā nirvṛttaṃaṇ kṣāraṃ kṛtrimaṃ lavaṇaṃ; na. ta.] natural salt; munyannāni payaḥ somo māṃsaṃ yaccānupaskṛtam . akṣāralavaṇaṃ caiva prakṛtyā havirucyate .. Ms. 3. 257 (akṛtrimalavaṇaṃ saiṃdhavādi); °ṇānnāḥ syuḥ 5. 73; caturthakālamaśnīyādakṣāralavaṇaṃ mitaṃ 11. 110; sometimes used for food that may be eaten at times unfit for the performance of religious duties; a class of objects such as cow's milk, ghee, rice, &c.

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

    p. 3, col. 3.
    a-kṣāra mfn. free from alkali or factitious salt.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 10.
    akṣāra a. [nāsti kṣāraṃ yatra] Free from artificial salt -raḥ Natural salt gokṣīraṃ goghṛtaṃ caiva dhānyamudrāstilā yavāḥ | sāmudra- saindhavaṃ caiva akṣāraṃlavaṇaṃ smṛtam || -Comp. -lavaṇam (-˚) [kṣāreṇa ūṣaramṛttikayā nirvṛttaṃ-aṇ kṣāraṃ kṛtrimaṃ lavaṇaṃ; na. ta.] natural salt; munyannāni payaḥ somo māṃsaṃ yaccānupaskṛtam | akṣāralavaṇaṃ caiva prakṛtyā havirucyate || Ms.3.257 (akṛtrimalavaṇaṃ saindhavādi); ˚lavaṇānnāḥ- syuḥ 5.73; caturthakālamaśnīyādakṣāralavaṇaṃ mitam11.109; sometimes used for food that may be eaten at times unfit for the performance of religious duties; a class of objects such as cow's milk, ghee, rice, &c.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 4, col. 3.
    akṣāra Adj. nichts Ätzendes enthaltend, Viṣṇus. 62, 5.