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केरक (keraka)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
केरक for केरल, q.v.
Monier Williams 1872
English
केरक केरक, आस्, m. pl., N. of a people.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
-keraka, ifc. adj., in para-k° (= Pkt. id.
Pischel 〔176〕, from Skt. kārya
cf. kṛtya 2), belonging to (another): LV 〔175.20〕 (vs) parakeraka-yācitopamāḥ (sc. saṃskārāḥ).
Mahabharata
English
Keraka, pl. (ºāḥ), a people. § 284 (Sahadeva): II, 31, 1173 (only C., B. has Keralān, q.v.).
पुराणम्
English
केरक / KERAKA. People of an ancient country in South india. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, sabhāparva, Chapter 31 that sahadeva the son of mādrī conquered the Kerakas and kerala.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
केरक
पु०
ब० व० देशभेदे “एकपादांश्च पुरुषान् केरकान्वनवासिनः” भा० सभा० २० अ० सहदेवदक्षिणदिग्वि-जये अतः तद्देशस्य दक्षिणविभागस्थत्वम्
Capeller
German
केरक eigen. *