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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sthāsaka (स्थासक).—[sthā-sa-svārthādau ka]

1) Perfuming or smearing the body with fragrant unguents.

2) A bubble of water or any fluid; रौक्मा रेजुः स्थासका मूर्तिभाजो दर्पस्येव व्याप्तदेहस्य शेषाः (raukmā rejuḥ sthāsakā mūrtibhājo darpasyeva vyāptadehasya śeṣāḥ) Śiśupālavadha 18.5.

3) A bubble-shaped ornament on a horse's trappings.

4) A figure made with unguents.

Derivable forms: sthāsakaḥ (स्थासकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sthāsaka (स्थासक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. Perfuming the person, smearing the body with fragrant unguents, as of Sandal, &c. 2. A bubble of water or any fluid. E. ṣṭhā to stay, sa aff., and kan added.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sthāsaka (स्थासक).— (vb. sthā), m. 1. A bubble of any fluid (cf. sthānaka). 2. Smearing the body with fragrant unguents.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sthāsaka (स्थासक).—[substantive] perfume or unguent.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sthāsaka (स्थासक):—m. smearing or perfuming the body with unguents (of sandal etc. cf. sthakara, sthākara), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) a bubble of water or any fluid, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) mn (?). a bubble-shaped ornament on a horse’s trappings, [Śiśupāla-vadha]

4) a figure made with unguents, [Ratnāvalī]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sthāsaka (स्थासक):—[sthā+saka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Perfuming the person; ornamental mark; a bubble.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Sthāsaka (स्थासक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Thāsaga, Thāsaya.

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context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sthāsaka (ಸ್ಥಾಸಕ):—

1) [noun] the perfuming of the body of a person.

2) [noun] perfumed used for this purpose.

3) [noun] an impression of one’s palm, that is smeared with a colour, imprinted on a wall, esp. the one made by a girl who has just reached the stage of puberty.

4) [noun] a doll made of certain perfumery substance.

5) [noun] a very thin film of water forming a ball around air; a bubble.

6) [noun] a decorative, bubble-like ornament studded to the cover used on the back of horse, elephants, etc.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Ends with: Shreshthashaka.

Full-text: Thasaga, Thasaya, Sthanaka.

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