Dharmalib

iṣṭakā

[iṣ-takan ṭāp Uṇ. 3. 148] 1 A brick; Mk. 3. --2 A brick used in preparing the sacrificial altar &c. --Comp. --gṛhaṃ a brick house. --cayanaṃ collecting fire by means of a brick....

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] [iṣ-takan ṭāp Uṇ. 3. 148] 1 A brick; Mk. 3. --2 A brick used in preparing the sacrificial altar &c. --Comp. --gṛhaṃ a brick house. --cayanaṃ collecting fire by means of a brick. --cita a. made of bricks; Dk. 84; also iṣṭakacita. --nyāsaḥ laying the foundation of a house. --pathaḥ a road made of bricks. --rāśiḥ a pile of bricks.

Root

√ciṭa चिट

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · parapraiṣye

to obey, to be slave

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Corpus Profile

Part of Speech
NOUN
Occurrences
190
Texts
41

Occurrences

Appears in 49 texts.

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Concordance Sample

Rāmāyaṇasurface: iṣṭakā

iṣṭakā bahusāhasrī śīghram ānīyatām iti

Rāmāyaṇasurface: iṣṭakāś

iṣṭakāś ca yathānyāyaṃ kāritāś ca pramāṇataḥ

Rasārṇavasurface: iṣṭakām

guḍeṣṭakāṃ tu saṃmardya priye tanmarditaṃ rasam

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