महल्लक (mahallaka)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 महल्लक m.
  (-कः) An eunuch employed in a Hārem. 
	 2. A large
house.
	 f.
  (-ल्लिका) Feeble.
 E.
  महल्ल said to mean the inner apart-
ments,  probably an Arabic word,  and कन् added: otherwise with
ठक् added महल्लिक m.
  (-कः) ।

Yates

English

 महल्ल_क (कः) 1.
m.
  A eunuch em-
ployed in the haram. 

Spoken Sanskrit

English

महल्लक 	-	 mahallaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  feeble
महल्लक 	-	 mahallaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  old
महल्लक 	-	 mahallaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  decrepit
महल्लक 	-	 mahallaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  large house
महल्लक 	-	 mahallaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  mansion

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Wilson

English

 महल्लक
m.
  (-कः) An eunuch employed in a Hāram. 
E.
  महल्ल said to mean the inner apartments,  probably the Arabic word
محل and कन् added
 otherwise with ठक् added महल्लिक
m.
 
(-कः.)

Apte

English

महल्लक [mahallaka],  a.
  Weak,  feeble,  old.

कः A eunuch in a king's harem. 

A large house,  palatial building
 (cf.   Mar.
  महाल).

Apte 1890

English

 महल्लक a. Weak,  feeble,  old. 
कः 1 A eunuch in a king's harem. 
2 A large house,  palatial building
 (cf Mar. महाल). 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 महल्लक mf(इका)n.  old,  feeble,  decrepit,  Lalit.
  
 Kāraṇḍ.

 महल्लक m.
  =
  prec.  L.
 

 a large house,  mansion,  L.
 

Monier Williams 1872

English

 महल्लक,  अस्,  m. a large house,  mansion
 a
eunuch in a king's palace
 (अस्,  इका,  अम्),  old, 
feeble
 (इका),  f.,  N. of a daughter of Pra-hlāda.

Macdonell

English

 महल्लक mahalla-ka,  a.
  (ikā) feeble,  weak,  🞄decrepit
 ikā,  f.
  N. of a daughter of Prahlāda. 

Apte Hindi

Hindi

महल्लक
वि* - महल्ल + कन्
"निर्बल,  कमजोर,  पुराना"

महल्लकः
पुं*
  - -
"राजा के अन्तःपुर का खोजा या हिजड़ा,  विशाल भवन,  महल"

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

महल्ल(ल्लि)क
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ರಾಜದ ಅಂತಃಪುರದ ಕಾವಲುಗಾರ
निष्पत्तिः - > लक (आस्वादने) + णिच् - "अच्" (३-१-१३४) । लिख (अक्षरविन्यासे) - "कः" (३-१-१३५) पृषो०
व्युत्पत्तिः - > महान्तं चरित्रगुणं लाकयति आस्वादयति । महान्तं चरित्रगुणं लिखति वा ।
प्रयोगाः - > "मुष्कशून्योऽनुपस्थो यः स्त्रीस्वभावो महल्लिखः"

L R Vaidya

English

 mahallaka {% (I) a. (f. ल्लिका) %} Feeble.

 mahallaka {% (II) m. %} 1. A eunuch in a king’s harem
 2. a large house.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 mahallaka,  f. °ikā,  adj. and subst. (= prec.
 etym. Pischel 〔595〕,  wrongly PTSD
 = Pali and AMg. id.,  both mgs.), 
(1) old
 an old person,  elder
 oftenest of humans: commonly after jīrṇo vṛddho,  in stock phrase,  SP 〔72.2〕
 〔102.10〕
 〔322.3〕
 LV 〔102.12〕
 Mv 〔ii.150.18〕
 〔425.17〕
 Mvy 〔4097〕
 〔7657〕
 Kv 〔48.12〕
 Av 〔i.228.3〕 (prec. by jīrṇa-vṛddho)
 Suv 〔176.5〕 (prec. by vṛddho jīrṇo)
 jīrṇānāṃ vṛddhānāṃ °llakānāṃ Divy 〔112.22〕
 mahallaka-mahallikāḥ Śākyā(ḥ) LV 〔100.11〕
 〔118.3〕,  the male and female Śākya-elders
 daharā ca madhyā ca °llakā ca Mv 〔i.262.18〕
 °llakas Mmk 〔593.25〕 (vs
 see mahalla)
 °kaḥ Mvy 〔8722〕,  a senior monk (? Tib.,  rgan zhugs,  lit. having entered when old
 Chin. also seems to mean one who entered the order after middle life)
 of an elephant,  °ko hastināgas Divy 〔370.26〕,  and °ke (without noun) 'bhiruhya 27
 grāme °kāḥ Mv 〔i.302.3〕,  the elders in the village
 not clear in corrupt line Mv 〔ii.63.7〕 (mss. mahallikāya,  or maharddhikāya,  perh. referring somehow to Hrī?)
 at end of cpds.,  yakṣa-mahallako vā yakṣamahallikā vā Mmk 〔395.1〕,  a male or female yakṣa-elder
 so in Māy 〔225.14 ff.〕 deva-mahallaka and °likā,  and a long series of other such cpds.
(2) large (so AMg.,  and Pali,  at least with vihāra,  e.g. Vin. 〔ii.166.20〕
 〔iii.156.15〕
 this use ignored PTSD,  tho noted in Childers),  noted only as ep. of a vihāra: MSV 〔ii.128.12〕
 Mvy 〔8375〕 °kaḥ,  sc. vihāraḥ,  and °ka- MSV 〔iii.88.1〕,  referring to the saṃghāvaśeṣa sin of Prāt 〔481.4〕,  where lacuna in BHS text but Chin. (une) grande (demeure),  = Pali Vin. 〔iii.156.15〕 °kaṃ … vihāraṃ
 also °kaṃ … vihāraṃ Prāt 〔506.10〕 = id. Pali Vin. 〔iv.47.22〕.

Indian Epigraphical Glossary

English

 Mahallaka (IE 8-5
 EI 25),  probably,  a member of the
Pañcāyat
 explained as ‘city elders’
 cf. yat … nagara-mahallakā
vicārya vadante,  etc.
(Ep. Ind.,  Vol. XXXI,  p. 20)
 also called Mahallāka, 
Mahallika.
(CII 4),  same as Mahattara.
(EI 2
 CII 1),  an old man. In Oḏiyā,  it means a guard
of the royal harem.
(CII 1),  big,  vast.
(EI 23),  a landlord.

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 महल्लक m. *ein best. Vergehen,  wenn nämlich ein Mönch ohne gehörige Erlaubnis ein großes Kloster für sich baut,  Mahāvy. 258,  7.

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

khang chen
महल्लक

khang chen pa
महल्लक

khang chen po
महल्लक

khogs pa
१) चरण २) जीर्ण ३) जीर्णता ४) ज्यायः ५) निष्ठीवन ६) भव ७) भ्रमण ८) महल्लक ९) विहार १०) वृत ११) वृद्ध

rgad po
महल्लक

rgan po 'khogs pa
१) जीर्णो वृद्धः २) महल्लक

rgan zhugs
१) महल्लक २) सालोहित

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 महल्लकः,  पुं,
   (महतः स्त्रीरक्षादिरूपान् विपु-लान् भारानित्यर्थः लाति गृह्णातीति । ला +“आतोऽनुपसर्गे कः ।” ३ । २ । ३ । इतिकः । ततः स्वार्थे कन् । यद्वा,  महान्तं चरित्र-गुणं लकति आस्वादयतीति । लक् आस्वादने +अच् ।) अन्तःपुररक्षकः । तत्पर्य्यायः । सौवि-दल्लः २ कञ्चुकी ३ स्थापत्यः ४ सौविदः ५ विदाङ्कः६ । इति जटाधरः ॥
 सौविदल्लकः ७ अन्त-र्वंशिकः ८ । इति शब्दरत्नावली ॥

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