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    akaca

    See also akacaḥ.

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2.
    akaca m. (-caḥ) Name of KETU, the dragon's tail, or descending node. mfn. (-caḥ-cā-caṃ) Bald, destitute of hair.

    E. a priv. and kaca hair: this applies to KETU, as the symbol of the asterism is a headless trunk.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2, col. 1.
    a-kaca (caḥ) 1. m. Name of Ketu,
    the descending node; a. Bald.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2, col. 2.
    akaca Bahuvr. I. m. f. n. (-caḥ-cā-cam) Bald, destitute of hair.

    II. m. (-caḥ) A name of Ketu, the dragon's tail, or

    descending node. E. a priv. and kaca: this applies to Ketu,

    as the symbol of the asterism is a headless trunk.

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

    ☞ p. 1, col. 2.
    akaca a-kaca, as, ā, am, destitute of hair,

    bald; (as), m., N. of Ketu, the dragon's tail or descend-

    ing node, the symbol of which is a headless trunk.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2, col. 3.
    akaca a. [na. ba.] Bald.

    — caḥ N. of Ketu (the descending node), who (pb) is represented as a headless trunk. Tv. explains it thus: akāya duḥkhāya cāyate; cāy-ḍa; ketugrahasya udayena lokopaplavasya śāstraprasiddhiḥ; e. g. upaplavāya lokānāṃ dhūmaketurivotthitaḥ Ku. 2. 32.

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

    ☞ p. 1, col. 3.
    a-kaca mfn. hairless, bald
    ☞ p. 1, col. 3.
    cf. ut-, ūrdhva-, vi-
    ☞ p. 1, col. 3.
    a-kaca m. N. of Ketu, the dragon's tail or descending node (having a headless trunk), L.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 2, col. 1.
    akaca

    m. (-caḥ) Name of KETU, the dragon's tail, or descending node.
    mfn. (-caḥ-cā-caṃ) Bald, destitute of hair.

    E. a priv. and kaca hair;
    this applies to KETU, as the symbol of the asterism is a headless
    trunk.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 3.
    akaca a. [na. ba.] Bald. -caḥ N. of Ketu (the descending node), who is represented as a headless trunk. Tv. explains it thus : akāya duḥkhāya cāyate; cāy-ḍa; ketugrahasya udayena lokopaplavasya śāstraprasiddhiḥ.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 5, col. 1.
    akaca akaca a. (kaca) sans cheveux, sans poil, ép. de Ketu.

    — S. m. le nœud descendant de la lune.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 7.
    akaca (3. a + kaca) m. Ketu, der niedersteigende Knoten HĀR. 37.
    ☞ vol. 5, p. 942.
    akaca vgl. utkaca, ūrdhvakaca, vikaca .

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 1, col. 3.
    *akaca m. Ketu , der niedersteigende Knoten.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 37, col. 2.
    akaca pu0 akāya duḥkhāya cāyate cāya—ḍa . ketugrahe
    tasya codayena lokopaplavasya śāstraprasiddhiḥ ketuśabde
    vistaraḥ . “upaplavāya lokānāṃ dhūmaketurivotthita iti kumā0 .
    nāsti kacoyasya . keśaśūnye (ṭākarogayukta) tri0 .