चैलक (cailaka)

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

चैलक 	-	 cailaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  mendicant
चैलक 	-	 cailaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  clothed with a cela

 
   चैलक  cailaka m.
   clothed with a cela

 
   चैलक  cailaka  m.
   mendicant  
   चैलक  cailaka  m.
   clothed with a cela     
            

Apte

English

चैलकः [cailakḥ],  A Buddhist mendicant.

Apte 1890

English

 चैलकः A Buddhist mendicant. 

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Monier Williams Cologne

English

 चैलक m.
  ‘clothed with a चेल (?)’,  a,  Buddh.
  mendicant,  Buddh.
  (cf.   चेलुक.)

Monier Williams 1872

English

 चैलक,  अस्,  m. a Buddhist mendicant having only
a piece of cloth round the middle of the body.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 cailaka, 
(1) m. (from Skt. cela or caila,  cloth),  a monk (cf. Burnouf,  Intr.,  〔57〕
 Lotus,  〔392〕
 Kern,  SBE 〔21.186 note 1〕),  said to mean,  specifically,  one who wears no more than a (loin-)cloth: te cailaka-bhūta SP 〔192.9〕 (vs),  turned into monks
 but most mss. read celaka,  ceḍaka,  or cellaka,  or the like
(2) nt. (= Skt. cela,  caila,  also celaka,  see Schmidt,  Nachträge
 AMg. celaa),  cloth: °kaṃ,  acc. sg.,  Mv 〔iii.163.9〕 (prose).

Burnouf

French

 चैलक चैलक a. qui porte le चेल des mendiants
[c'est la 4ᵉ des 5 classes des religieux buddhistes].

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