बल्कस (balkasa)

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Capeller Eng

English

 ब॑ल्कस n.
  dregs,  sediment. 

Apte

English

बल्कसम् [balkasam],  Dregs or sediment left in the distillation of ardent spirits
 Śat. Br.

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 ब॑ल्कस n.
  dregs or sediment left in the distillation of ardent spirits,  ŚBr.
  

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Monier Williams 1872

English

 बल्कस बल्कस,  अम्,  n.,  Ved. dregs or sedi-
ment left in the distillation of ardent spirits.

Vedic Reference

English

 Balkasa denotes impure matter given off in the process of
fermentation in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.^1 The exact sense
may be either ‘scum, ’ ‘sediment, ’^2 or perhaps more probably
vegetable matter in the form of ‘husks.’^3
1) xii. 8,  1,  16
 9,  1,  2.
2) St. Petersburg Dictionary,  s.v., 
Flocken (‘flakes’).
3) Eggeling,  Sacred Books of the East, 
44,  236,  n. 1.

Capeller

German

 ब॑ल्कस n.
  Flocken (durch Destillation ausgescchiedene
Stoffe).

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