सिकत (sikata)

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Monier Williams 1872

English

 सिकत,  आस्,  m. pl. (said to be fr. the Sautra rt.
above
 probably fr. rt. 1. सिच्),  sand
 N. of certain
Ṛṣis,  (part of the hymn Ṛg-veda IX. 86. is attri-
buted to Sikatāḥ)
 (आ),  f. sandy soil
 sand
 gravel
or stone (the disease).
—सिकता-मय,  अस्,  ई,  अम्, 
consisting of sand,  full of sand,  sandy
 (अम्),  n. a
sand-bank
 an island with sandy shores.
—सिकता-
रेणु,  उस्,  m. a grain of sand.
—सिकता-वत्,  आन्, 
अती,  अत्,  possessed of sand,  abounding in sand,  sandy.

Benfey

English

 सिकत सिकत, 
 I. m.
  pl. Sand.
 II. f.
 
ता।
 1. Sandy soil.
 2. Sand,  Vikr. d.
79 (pl.)
 Pañc. ii. d. 62.
 3. Gravel
or stone (the disease).

Mahabharata

English

Sikata,  pl. (ºāḥ),  a class of ṛshis. § 602 (Droṇavadhap.): VII,  190,  8728.--§ 630 (Rājadh.): XII,  26,  774.-§ 656 (Khaḍgotpattik.): XII,  166,  6143.

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पुराणम्

English

सिकत / SIKATA. An ancient hermit. When the bhārata-battle was going on this hermit approached droṇa and requested him to stop the battle forthwith. (M.B. droṇa Parva,  Chapter 190,  Verse 34).

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