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

    p. 3, col. 2.
    á-kṣatā f. a virgin, Yājñ.
    p. 3, col. 2.
    N. of a plant, Karkaṭaśriṅgī or Kaṅkaḍaśriṅgī

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 5.
    akṣatā strī, karkaṭaśṛṅgī . kām̐kaḍāśṛṅgī iti
    bhāṣā . iti śabdacandrikā .. paruṣasaṃsargarahitā
    strī . smṛtiḥ .. yathāha yājñavalkyaḥ
    akṣatāyāṃ kṣatāyāṃ vā jātaḥ paunarbhavaḥ punaḥ .

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    p. 15.
    akṣatā (IA 11), probably, rice grains mixed with red

    powder.