akṣāra

Dictionary meanings for akṣāra from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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akṣāra

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [nāsti kṣāraṃ yatra] Free from artificial salt. raḥ Natural salt gokṣīraṃgoghṛtaṃcaivadhānyamudgāstilāyavāḥ. sā- mudrasaiṃdhavaṃcaiva ºlavaṇaṃsmṛtam.. Comp. la- vaṇaṃ ( rāº) [kṣāreṇa ūṣaramṛttikayā nirvṛttaṃ- aṇ kṣāraṃ kṛtrimaṃ lavaṇaṃ; na. ta.] natural salt; munyannāni payaḥ somo māṃsaṃ yaccānu- paskṛtam. akṣāralavaṇaṃ caiva prakṛtyā havi- rucyate.. Ms. 3. 257 (akṛtrimalavaṇaṃ saiṃdhavādi); ºṇānnāḥ syuḥ...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mfn. free from alkali or factitious salt. 000402 3,3 626 n. not factitious (i.e. natural) salt 3,3 627 mfn. not composed of artificial salt, ([ Kull. on ]) Mn. iii, 257; v, 73 3,3 628 mfn. or, according to Goldst. and NBD., better (food) not containing acrid substances nor salt; therefore also akṣārālavaṇa in the same sense cf. kṣāra-lavaṇa. 000403 3,3 630

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