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    See also avakraya.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 176, col. 3.
    avakrayaḥ

    1 Price.

    2 Wages, hire, farm, rent.

    3 Letting out to hire, leasing; Y. 2. 238.

    4 A tax or tribute (to be paid to the king), duty ( rājagrāhyaṃ dravyaṃ Sk.).

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 239.
    avakrayaḥ 1 Price. -2 Wages, hire, farm rent. -3 Letting out to hire, leasing; Y.2.238. -4 A tax or tribute (to be paid to the king), duty (rājagrāhyaṃ dravyam Sk.).

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 122.
    avakrayaḥ , puṃ, (avakrīyate pratirūpadānena svādhīnaṃ
    kriyate'nena, ava + krī + ac .) krayasādhanadravyaṃ .
    mūlyaṃ . ityamaraḥ .. (rājagrāhyaṃ dravyaṃ . baṇigbhiḥ
    śuklasthāne pratibhāṇḍamadhipataye deyaṃ !
    “vikrayāvakrayādhānayāciteṣu paṇān daśa” .
    iti yājñavalkyaḥ . etāvatkālamupayogārthaṃ bhā-
    ṇḍavastrāśvādirmmayā dīyate mahyaṃ ca yuṣmābhiretā-
    baddhanaṃ deyamityevaṃvidhaṃ bhāṭakaṃ . bhāḍā iti bhāṣā .)