alīka

a. [al-vīkan] Uṇ. 4. 25 nipātaḥ] 1 Unpleasing, disagreeable. --2 Untrue, false, pretended; ºmugdhaḥ K. 84; alīkakopakāṃtena K. 147; ºva- cana Amaru. 23, 33, 43. --3 Little, not...

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[apte] a. [al-vīkan] Uṇ. 4. 25 nipātaḥ] 1 Unpleasing, disagreeable. --2 Untrue, false, pretended; ºmugdhaḥ K. 84; alīkakopakāṃtena K. 147; ºva- cana Amaru. 23, 33, 43. --3 Little, not much, few. --kaṃ 1 The forehead; di- śāmalīkālakabhaṃgatāṃ gataḥ K. 4. --2 Anything displeasing, falsehood, untruth. --3 Heaven. --Comp. --matsyaḥ a kind of dish resembling the taste of fish (‘mock-fish’).

[mw] mf (A Naish.) n. unpleasing, disagreeable (as a serpent) AV. v, 13, 5 95,1 16760 mf (A Naish.) n. untrue, false, pretended MBh. &c little L. 95,1 16761 n. anything displeasing A1s3vS3r.; R. ii, 52, 25 95,1 16762 n. falsehood, untruth Mn. xi, 55, &c 95,1 16763

Root

√caṇa चण

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · dāne gatau ca

to go, to give

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Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: ADJ
Occurrences: 28
Texts: 13

DCS: without perception or intellect; silly; not well-disposed; lowspirited | Monier-Williams: the forehead ( cf. alika ), heaven, L.

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Rāmāyaṇasurface: alīkaṃ

alīkaṃ mānasaṃ tv ekaṃ hṛdayaṃ dahatīva me

Rāmāyaṇasurface: alīkam

tad yathā sa mahārājo nālīkam adhigacchati