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    alakā

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

    ☞ p. 94, col. 1.
    alakā f. (g. kṣipakādi, q.v.) a girl from eight to ten years of age, L.
    ☞ p. 94, col. 1.
    N. of the capital of Kubera (situated on a peak of the Himālaya inhabited also by Śiva), Kum. vi, 37, &c.
    ☞ p. 94, col. 1.
    N. of a town in Niṣadha, Kathās.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 19, col. 2.
    alakā f. nomen urbis Kuvêri.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 11.
    alakā;
    alakā nagarī jñeyā putrastu nalakūvaraḥ .. 83 ..
    1.1.1.83

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 113.
    alakā , strī, (ala + kvun + ṭāp .) kuveranagarī .
    ityamaraḥ .. aṣṭavarṣāvadhidaśavarṣaparyyantavayaskā
    kanyā . iti śabdaratnāvalī ..

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 29, col. 1.
    Alakā, the city and tank of Kubera. § 148 (Yayāti): I, 85,

    3508.—§ 269 (Vaiśravaṇasabhā-v.): II, 10, 390 (nalinyāś

    cālakākhyāyāḥ).

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 114.
    Alakā — the city of Yakṣas in Kailāsa. Capital of

    Kubera.1 Purūravas and Urvaśī sported here for a time;2

    as seen by Bhārgava Rāma.3 [Footnote] 1) Br. II. 18. 2; III. 7. 163; Vā. 47. 1; Bhā. IV. 6. 23. [Footnote] 2) Vā. 91. 6; Br. III. 66. 6; Vi. IV. 6. 48. [Footnote] 3) Br. III. 41. 18-23.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 24, col. 1.
    ALAKĀ . The city of Kubera.

    Mahābhārata Cultural Index

    ☞ p. 510, col. 1.
    Alakā1 f.: Name of a lotus pond near

    the Sabhā of Kubera.

    Wind, carrying the fragrance from the

    lotus pond Alakā and giving delight to

    mind and heart, waits on Kubera in his

    Sabhā (ādāya gandhān … nalinyāś cālakā-

    khyāyāḥ … manohṛdayasaṃhlādī vāyus tam

    upasevate) 2. 10. 7-8.

    ☞ p. 510, col. 2.
    Alakā2 f.: Name of the city of

    Kubera.

    Kubera is called the ‘lord of Alakā’

    (alakādhipa) 9. 10. 48; 12. 75. 4, 15.