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    See also anūka.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 85, col. 2.
    anūkaḥ kaṃ [anu-uc samavāye kanipātaḥ kutvaṃ; or fr. aṃc with anu]

    1 The back bone, spine (vaṃkrayādhāraḥ āyataḥ pṛṣṭhāsthiviśeṣaḥ); sadaṃ cānūkaṃ ca gṛhapateḥ Ait. Br. (where Sāy. remarks anūkaṃ mūtravastiḥ syāt sāsnetyeke vadaṃti ca).

    2 A kind of (pb) sacrificial vessel; according to some, the back part of the altar; ayugmāgaṇamadhyamānūke.

    3 Former birth or state of existence.

    kaṃ

    1 Family, race.

    2 Disposition, temperament; character, peculiarity of race; vyādharkṣanakulānūkaiḥ paittikā hi narāḥ smṛtāḥ Suśr.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 114.
    anūkaḥ, anūkam [anu-uc samavāye ka nipātaḥ kutvam; or fr. añc with anu] 1 the backbone, spine (vaṅkrdhāryā āyataḥ pṛṣṭhāsthiviśeṣaḥ); sadaṃ cānūkaṃ ca gṛhapateḥ Ait. Br. (where Sāy. remarks anūkaṃ mūtravastiḥ syāt sāsnetyeke vadanti ca). -2 A kind of sacrificial vessel; according to some, the back part of the altar; ayugmāgaṇamadhyamānūke. -3 Former birth or state of existence. -kam 1 Family, race. -2 Disposition, temperament; character, peculiarity of race; vyādharkṣanakulānūkaiḥ paittikā hi narāḥ smṛtāḥ Suśr. cf. anūkamastriyāṃ vaṃśe śīle ca gatajanmani Nm. - f. N. of an Apsaras; Hariv.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 52.
    anūkaḥ , puṃ, (anu + uc + ghañarthe kaḥ, nyaṅkvādīnāñca
    iti kutvam .) gatajanma . pūrvvajanma . iti medinī ..
    (vaṃśaḥ . kulaṃ . svabhāvaḥ . śīlaṃ .
    anūkaṃ tu kule śīle puṃsi syāt gatajanmani .
    iti medinī .)