वक (vaka)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 वक m.
  (-कः)
	 1. A crane,  (Ardea nivea.)
	 2. A tree,  (Sesbana gran-
diflora.)
	 3. KUVERA.
	 4. The name of a demon. 
	 5. A small appara-
tus for calcining or subliming metals or minerals consisting of
two crucibles,  one inverted over the other,  luted together and
placed over a fire.
 E.
  वच् to speak,  or वकि to be crooked,  aff.
   घञ्
or अच्
 in the latter case the nasal augment is not inserted.

Yates

English

 वक (कः) 1.
m.
  A crane
 Æschy-
nomene grandiflora
 a demon
Kuvera
 chemical apparatus.

Wilson

English

 वक(इ)वकि r. 1st cl. (वंकते)
1 To be crooked,  (literally or figuratively
) to be curved or bent,  to be
depraved or wicked.
2 To bend,  to make crooked.
3 To go.

 वक
m.
  (-कः)
1 A crane,  (Ardea nivea.)
2 A tree,  (Sesbana grandiflora.)
3 KUVERA.
4 The name of a demon. 
5 A small apparatus for calcining or subliming metals or minerals,  consisting
of two crucibles,  one inverted over the other,  luted together and placed over a
fire.
E.
  वच to speak,  or वकि to be crooked,  aff.
   घञ् or अच्
 in
the latter case the nasal augment is not inserted.

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Apte

English

वक [vaka],  See बक.

Apte 1890

English

 वक See बक. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 वक &c.
   See बक,  p.
  719.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 वक,  अस्,  m. a heron,  crane,  Ardea Nivea
 a
hypocrite,  cheat,  rogue,  deceiver (the crane being
regarded as an animal of great cunning and deceit
as well as sagacity)
 a particular tree,  Sesbana Gran-
diflora
 an apparatus for calcining or subliming
metals or minerals (consisting of two crucibles,  one
inverted over the other and placed over a fire)
 N.
of a Ṛṣi (having the patronymic Dālbhi or Dālbhya)
of a Rākṣasa or demon (killed by Bhīma or Bhīma-
sena,  see वक-वध)
 of an Asura (said to have
assumed the form of a crane and to have been con-
quered by Kṛṣṇa)
 of Kuvera
 of a king
 (आस्), 
m. pl.,  N. of a people
 (ई),  f. = पूतना.
—वक-
कच्छ,  N. of a district.
—वक-कल्प,  अस्,  m.,  N.
of a particular Kalpa or period of the world.
—वक-
चर,  अस्,  m. = वक-व्रतिन्.
—वक-चिञ्चिका,  f. a
sort of fish.
—वक-जित्,  त्,  m. ‘conqueror of Vaka, ’
N. of Bhīma-sena.
—वक-त्व,  अम्,  n. the state or
condition of a crane.
—वक-द्वीप,  अस्,  m.,  N. of
a Dvīpa.
—वक-धूप,  अस्,  m. a compound per-
fume,  (also read वृक-धूप।)
—वक-नख,  अस्, 
m.,  N. of a son of Viśvā-mitra,  (also read वक-नक।)
—वक-निसूदन,  अस्,  m. ‘destroyer of Vaka, ’ N.
of Bhīma-sena.
—वक-पञ्चक,  अम्,  n. a space of
time consisting of the last five Tithis of the bright
half of the month Kārttika.
—वक-पुष्प,  अस्, 
m. a kind of tree,  Æschynomene Grandiflora
 (अम्), 
n. the flower of this tree.
—वक-यन्त्र,  अम्,  n.
‘crane-like instrument, ’ epithet of a particular form
of retort.
—वक-राज,  अस्,  m. the king of the cranes
(named Rāja-dharman,  he was son of Kaśyapa,  see
Mahā-bh. Śānti-p. 6336).
—वक-वध,  अस्,  m.
‘the killing of Vaka, ’ N. of a section of the Ādi-
parvan of the Mahā-bh. 6103-6315 (describing
how Bhīma,  while resident in the city of Eka-cakrā, 
delivered his family and the whole neighbourhood
from the tyranny of the demon named Vaka or
Baka,  who forced the citizens to send him every day
a dish of food by a man whom he always devoured
as his daintiest morsel at the end of the repast).
—वक-वृक्ष,  अस्,  m. a kind of tree.
—वक-
वृत्ति,  इस्,  इस्,  इ,  one who acts or behaves like a crane, 
hypocritical
 (इस्),  m. a false or hypocritical devotee, 
hypocrite (compared to the crane which stations itself
cunningly by a pool apparently absorbed in meditation
till it sees a fish on which to dart).
—वक-वैरिन्, 
ई,  m. ‘Vaka's enemy, ’ N. of Bhīma-sena.
—वक-
व्रत,  अम्,  n. ‘crane-like observance, ’ the conduct
of a crane,  hypocrisy.
—वकव्रत-चर,  अस्,  m.
one who acts like a crane,  a hypocrite.
—वक-व्र-
तिक,  अस्,  or वक-व्रतिन्,  ई,  m. ‘one whose acts or
observances are like those of a crane,  ‘a false devotee, 
religious hypocrite,  one who assumes the appearance
of devotion or meditation for interested purposes, 
(see वक-वृत्ति।)
—वक-सक्थ,  अस्,  m. a proper
N.
 (आस्),  m. pl. Vaka-saktha's descendants.
—वक-
सह-वासिन्,  ई,  m. ‘dwelling in the same abode as
the crane,  ‘a lotus.
—वकारि (°क-अरि),  इस्,  m.
‘enemy of Vaka, ’ N. of Kṛṣṇa.
—वकेश (°क-
ईश),  अस्,  m.,  N. of a temple founded by Vaka.

Benfey

English

 वक वक,  m.
 
 1. A crane,  Ardea
nivea,  Pañc. ii. d. 87.
 2. The name
of a demon. 
 3. Kuvera.
 4. An ap-
paratus for subliming metals.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

वक
पुं*
  - "वङ्क् + अच्,  पृषो* साधुः"
बगुला

वक
पुं*
  - "वङ्क् + अच्,  पृषो* साधुः"
"ठग,  धूर्त,  पाखंडी"

वक
पुं*
  - "वङ्क् + अच्,  पृषो* साधुः"
एक रक्षस का नाम जिसे भीम ने मारा था

वक
पुं*
  - "वङ्क् + अच्,  पृषो* साधुः"
एक रक्षस का नाम जिसे कृष्ण ने मारा था

वक
पुं*
  - "वङ्क् + अच्,  पृषो* साधुः"
कुबेर का नामान्तर्

L R Vaidya

English

 vaka {% m. %} The same as बक q.v.

Bopp

Latin

 वक m. grus.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 (vaka = Skt. baka,  trickster: Mūrdhātā nṛpatir hy eṣo naite Vaiśālikā vakāḥ Divy 〔217.23〕.)

पुराणम्

English

वक / VAKA (baka). See under baka.

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 ब(व)क,  इ ङ कौटिल्ये । गतौ । इति कविकल्पद्रुमः ॥
(भ्वा०-आत्म०-अक०-सक० च-सेट् ।) कौटिल्य-मिह कुटिलीभावः कुटिलीकरणञ्च । इ,  वङ्क्यते ।ङ,  वङ्कते काष्ठं कुटिलं स्यादित्यर्थः । वङ्कतेकाष्ठं कुटिलं करोतीत्यर्थः । इति दुर्गादासः ॥

 वक,  इ ङ कौटिल्ये । गतौ । इति कविकल्पद्रुमः ॥
(भ्वा०-आत्म०-अक०-सक० च-सेट् ।) कौटिल्य-मिह कुटिलीभावः कुटिलीकरणञ्च । इ,  वङ्क्यते ।ङ,  वङ्कते काष्ठं कुटिलं स्यादित्यर्थः । वङ्कतेकाष्ठं कुटिलं करोतीत्यर्थः । इति दुर्गादासः ॥

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 वक कौटिल्ये अक० गतौ सक०
  भ्वा०
  आ० सेट् इदित् । वङ्कतेअवङ्किष्ट ।

 वक पुंस्त्री० वकि--अच् पृषो० नलोपः । स्वनामख्यातेविहगे अमरः स्त्रियां ङीष् । २ स्वनामख्याते पुष्पवृक्षे“अगस्तिकुसुमं शीतं चातुर्थकनिवारकम् । नक्तान्ध्यनाशनंतिक्तं कषायं कटुपाकि च । पीनसश्लेष्मपित्तघ्नं वातघ्नंमुनिमिर्मतम्” भावप्र० । ३ औषधादिपाचनयन्त्रभेदे “जल-कच्छपपातालदोलाभूधरवालुकाः । वकाद्या यन्त्रभेदाःस्युर्वज्रन्ध्वाद्याश्च मूषिकाः” शब्दच० । अस्य लक्षणं यथा“दीर्घकण्ठकाचकुप्या गिलयेत् खल्पभाण्डकम् । तिर्य्यक्कृत्वा पचेत् चुल्ल्यां वकयन्त्रमिति स्मृतम् ।” वैद्यकम् ।३ कुवेरे ४ राक्षसभेदे मेदि० यो भीमेन हतः भा० व० १४अ० । श्रीकृष्णैन हते दैत्यभेदे च भाग० १० । ११ अ० ।

Burnouf

French

 वक वक m.
  grue [oiseau].
		 Æschynomene grandiflora,  bot.
		 Kuvera
		 np. d'un démon. 
		 Appareil pour sublimer les
minéraux.
वकचर m.
  cf.  वकव्रतिन्।
वकचिञ्चिका f.
  esp. de poisson. 
वकजित् m.
  Bhīma,  vainqueur de Vaka.
वकनिसूदन m.
  mms.
वकपुष्प m.
  æschynomene,  bot.
वकव्रतिक et वकव्रतिन् m.
  (व्रत) hypocrite,  faux
dévot,  tartufe.
वकाचि f.
  esp. de poisson. 

Stchoupak

French

 वक-
 वकुल- v. बक- बकुल-।

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