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    See also alakaḥ, araka, arakaḥ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 72.
    alaka mn. (-kaḥ-kaṃ) A curl. m. (-kaḥ) A mad dog. See alarka. f. (-kā)

    1 Alakā, the capital of KUVERA.

    2 A young girl from eight to ten years of age.

    E. ala to adorn, &c. vun affix, and fem. ṭāp.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 56, col. 2.
    alaka (kaḥ-kaṃ) 1. m. A curl; a mad
    dog. kā f. Kuvera's capital.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 53, col. 2.
    alaka alaka. I. m. and n. A curl,

    Ṛt. 6, 6. II. f. kā, The capital of

    Kuvera, Megh. 7. — Comp. Latā-, m. an

    elephant.

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

    ☞ p. 85, col. 3.
    alaka alaka, as, am, m. n. (said to be fr.

    rt. al), a curl, lock; (as), m. a mad dog [cf. alarka];

    (ā), f. a girl from eight to ten years of age; N. of the

    capital of Kuvera, situated on a peak of the Himālaya

    inhabited also by Śiva. —Alaka-tva, am, n. the state

    of a curl or tress. —Alaka-nandā, f. a young girl

    from eight to ten years old; N. of the Gaṅgā river;

    N. of a river that runs from the Himālaya moun-

    tains and falls into the Gaṅgā. —Alaka-prabhā,

    f. the capital of Kuvera. —Alaka-priya, as, m., N.

    of the plant Terminalia Tomentosa W. and A.

    —Alaka-saṃhati, is, f. rows of curls. —Alakā-

    dhipa (°kā-adh°), as, m. or alakādhipati (°kā-

    adh°), is, m. a N. of Kuvera. —Alakānta (°ka-an°),

    as, m. the end of a curl, a ringlet. —Alakeśvara

    (°kā-īś°), as, m. a N. of Kuvera.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 43.
    alaka m. n. curl. f. ā Kubera's residence.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 28, col. 3.
    alaka alaka, m. n. lock, curly hair; ā, f.
    N. of Kubera's city; N. of a city in Niṣadha.

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

    ☞ p. 94, col. 1.
    alaka mn. (ifc. f(ā). ) a curl, lock, Ragh. &c.
    ☞ p. 94, col. 1.
    alaka m. (= alarka, q.v.) a mad dog, L.
    ☞ p. 94, col. 1.
    alaka m. pl. N. of a people, VarBṛS.
    ☞ p. 94, col. 1.
    alaka m. of the Inhabitants of Kubera's residence Alakā, MBh. iii, 11813

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 60, col. 1.
    alaka

    mn. (-kaḥ-kaṃ) A curl.

    m. (-kaḥ) A mad dog. See alarka

    f. (-kā)

    1.
    Alaka, the capital of KUVERA.

    2. A young girl from eight to ten
    years of age.

    E. ala to adorn, &c. vun affix, and fem. ṭāp.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 50, col. 1.
    alaka alaka m. (al) ornement, surtout parure de tête; frisure.

    Chien enragé, comme alarka.

    — F. alakā cité de Kuvera.

    Jeune fille de 8 à 10 ans.

    alakanandā f. jeune fille de 8 à 10 ans.

    Np. d'un affluent du Gange, à Śrînagar.

    alakaprabhā f. cité de Kuvera.

    alakapriya m. terminalia alata tomentosa, bot.

    alakādhipa et alakādhipati m. Kuvera.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 82, col. 2.
    alaka- m. nt. boucle, cheveux bouclés, mèche; -ā- f. n. de la ville mythique de Kubera (dans l'Himâlaya); m. pl. habitants d'Alakā.

    °nandā- f. n. d'un fleuve.

    alakādhipa- m. Kubera; alakeśvara- id.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 455.
    alaka

    1) m. n. Haarlocke, lockiges Haar AK. 2, 6, 2, 47. H. 569. an. 3, 3 (m.). MED. k. 40. keśarasya ca puṣpāṇi kareṇāmṛdya rāghavaḥ . alakaṃ pūrayāmāsa maithilyāḥ R. 2, 96, 20. CAURAP. 4. AMAR. 3. RAGH. 1, 42. 4, 54. 6, 23. MEGH. 64. 66. 68. 82. 88. 93. PAÑCAT. I, 225. alakānta MEGH. 8. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā MṚCCH. 86, 19. VIKR. 53. KUMĀRAS. 5, 55.

    — 2) m. = alarka ein toller Hund RĀYAM. zu AK. 2, 10, 22 im ŚKDR.

    — 3) f. °kā gaṇa kṣipakādi .

    a) ein junges Mädchen von 8 bis 10 Jahren ŚABDAR. im ŚKDR. Vgl. alakanandā .

    — b) Kuvera's Stadt AK. 1, 1, 1, 66. H. 190. an. 3, 4. MED. k. 40. KUMĀRAS. 6, 37. MEGH. 64. KATHĀS. 19, 107. HARIV. 6800. VOP. 5, 21.

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1052.
    álaka UJJVAL. zu UṆĀDIS. 5, 35. m. pl. die Bewohner von Alakā (Schol.): alakāḥ saha gandharvairyakṣāśca saha kiṃnaraiḥ MBH. 3, 11813. alakanātha Fürst der Alaka (N. pr. eines Volkes; vgl. 3,c.) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,58 (lies °nātho) .

    — 3)

    b) KATHĀS. 41, 115.

    — c) N. pr. einer Stadt in Niṣadha KATHĀS. 101, 41. 115.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 116, col. 2.
    alaka

    — 1) m. n. Haarlocke , lockiges Haar. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā.

    — 2) m. * = alarka toller Hund.

    — 3) m. Pl. N.pr.

    — a) eines Volkes.

    — b) der Bewohner von Alakā (Kubera's Stadt).

    — 4) f. ā

    — a) *ein junges Mädchen von 8 bis 10 Jahren.

    — b) *Fett NIGH. PR.

    — c) N.pr.

    — α) der Residenz Kubera's Spr. 7792 (zugleich Locke ).

    — β) einer Stadt der Niṣadha.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 29, col. 2.
    alaka m. n. Locke; f. ā N. der Stadt Kubera's.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 19, col. 2.
    alaka m. (r. al s. aka) cincinnus. UR. 38. 15.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 61.
    alaka;
    alakaṃ kuṭilāḥ keśā bhramarakamuktaṃ lalāṭastham .. 531 ..
    2.1.1.531

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 386, col. 2.
    alaka pu0 alati bhūṣayati mukham ala—kkun . 1 lalāṭasthe
    chinnāgre kuṭilakeśe, “kalakalo'lakaloladṛśā'nyayā” māghaḥ
    “lalāṭikācandanadhūsarālakā” kumā0 “aspṛṣṭālakabe-
    ṣṭanau” “alakeṣucamṛreṇuścūrṇṇapratinidhīkṛtaḥ” iti ca raghaḥ .
    “aṅgaliptakuṅkame2” ca . kṣipakāditvāt kāpi nettvam . a-
    lakā . aṣṭavarṣāvaghidaśavarṣaparyyantavayaskāyāṃ 3 kanyāyāṃ 4 kuve
    rapūryyāñca strī . sāca purī meruśikharoparistheti agni-
    lokaśabde darśitam . tasyāḥ svarūpamum “sabhā vaiśravaṇī
    rājan! śatayojanamāyatā . vistīrṇasaptatiścaiva yoja-
    nāni sitaprabhā . tapasā nirjjitā rājan! svayaṃ vaiśravaṇena
    sā . śaśiprabhā prāvaraṇā kailāsaśikharopamā . guhya
    kairuhyamānā sā khe viṣakteva śobhate . divyā hemamayai-
    ruccaiḥ prāsādairupaśobhitā . mahāratnavatī citrā divyagandhā
    manoramā . sitābhraśikharākārā plavamāneva dṛśyate .
    divyā hemamayairaṅgairvidyudbhiriva citritā . tasyāṃ vaiśravaṇo
    rājā vicitrābharaṇāmbaraḥ . strīsahasrairvṛtaḥ śrīmanāste
    jvalitakuṇḍalaḥ . divākaranibhe puṇye divyāstaraṇasaṃ-
    vṛte . divyapādopadhāne ca niṣaṇṇaḥ paramāsane . mandārāṇā
    mudārāṇāṃ vanāni pariloḍayan . saugandhikavanānāñca
    gandhaṃ gandhavaho vahan . nalinyā ścālakākhyāyā
    nandanasya vanasya ca . śītohṛdayasaṃhlādī vāyustamupa-
    sevate” bhā0 sa0 pa0 . gandhavatīṃ nāma vāyupurīṃ varṇṇa-
    yitvā kāśī0 kha0 “tataḥparaṃ kuverasya śrīmatyeṣālakā
    purītyuktam . “alaphāmativāhyaiva” kumā0 .

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 114.
    Alaka — a Śrutaṛṣi.

    Br. II. 33. 4.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 67, col. 2.
    Alaka , n. of a yakṣa (prob. really a generic name,

    an inhabitant of Alakā or °kā-pura, q.v.; pl. so used in

    Skt.): Māy 103.

    Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 31, col. 2.
    alaka son of Jayānaka:

    C. on Alaṃkārasarvasva. Quoted by Ratnakaṇṭha.
    Peters. 2, 17.

    He finished the Kāvyaprakāśa from the Parikara
    chapter. Peters. 2, 15.

    Viṣamapadoddyota Haravijayaṭīkā. Report XIV.
    Peters. 1, 13.

    ☞ vol. 2, p. 6, col. 1.
    alaka as the continuator of the Kāvyaprakāśa is, ac-
    cording to Stein (Introduction to his Catalogue p. 24)
    to be spelled Allaṭa.