एरक (eraka)

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Capeller Eng

English

 एरक m.
  N.
  of a serpent-demon
 f.
  आ a kind of grass,  ई
N.
  of a plant & a river. 

Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   एरक  eraka  n.
   woollen carpet

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 एरक m.
  N.
  of a Nāga,  MBh.
   i,  2154

 एरक n.
  a woollen carpet (Buddh. )

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Monier Williams 1872

English

 एरक एरक,  अस्,  m.,  N. of a Nāga
 (आ),  f.
a sort of grass of emollient and diluent properties
(in the Mausala-parva of the Mahā-bh. this grass when
plucked by Kṛṣṇa and his family turned to clubs)
(अम्),  n. a woollen carpet
 [cf. ऐरक्य।]

Benfey

English

 एरक एरक, 
 I. m.
  A proper name, 
MBh. 1,  2154.
 II. f.
  का,  The name of
a grass,  MBh. 1,  620
 bent-grass, 
Bhāg. P. 1,  3,  18.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 eraka,  m. (Divy.) or nt. (Mvy.),  (= Pali eraka,  see PTSD,  or eragu,  see below),  a kind of grass,  prob. = Skt. erakā,  used in making coverlets,  or a coverlet made of it
 in a list of four such materials,  Mvy 〔9180〕 erakam (= Tib. mal stan,  bed-cover,  var. bal stan,  woolen cover
 Chin. mattress)
 〔9181〕 merakam (= śiṅ śun gyi stan,  coverlet of tree-bark
 Chin. mattress of leaves,  or of bark)
 〔9182〕 syandarakaḥ (Mironov v.l. syandu°
 = Tib. srin bal gyi stan,  coverlet of cotton or silk,  and so Chin.)
 〔9183〕 mandurakam (= Tib. ras bal gyi stan,  coverlet of cotton cloth)
 same passage Divy 〔19.22〕 evaṃrūpam āstaraṇaṃ pratyāstaraṇaṃ,  tad yathā,  erako merako jandurako mandurakaḥ
 and in Pali,  Vin. 〔i.196.6〕 eragu moragu majjhāru (v.l. [Page156-b] majjāru) jantu
 see the other words
 eraka occurs also Mv 〔i.19.10〕,  where prob. read eraka (°kā?) vārṣikā as separate words,  grass-coverlets for the rainy season,  see s.v. vārṣikā.

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 एरक m. nach Nīlak. zu MBh. 3,  134,  17 = उपदेष्टर्. Es ist aber wohl im Texte दशेरकाः zu lesen. एरका auch: eine Matte aus erakā-Gras,  Āpast. Gṛhy. 12,  3.

Mahabharata

English

Eraka,  a serpent. § 66 (Sarpasattra): I,  57,  2154 (of Kauravya's race).

पुराणम्

English

एरक / ERAKA. A serpent born in the family of the kauravas. This serpent was burnt to death at the sarpasatra of janamejaya. (Śloka 16,  Chapter 57,  Ādi Parva).

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