kārmuka

Dictionary meanings for kārmuka from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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kārmuka

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. (kī f.) [karmaṇe prabhavati ukañ P. V. 1. 103.] Fit for or able to do a work, doing it well and completely. kaṃ 1 A bow; ta- tkārmukaṃ karmasu yasya śaktiḥ Ki. 3. 48; tvayi cādhijyakārmuke Ś. 1. 6.

2 A bamboo.

3 The ninth sign of the zodiac.

4 A kind of machine or instrument shaped like a bow. Comp. bhṛt m. 1. the archer or the sign Sagittarius of the zodiac.

2. an archer in general.

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mf (/I) n. consisting of the wood kṛm/uka S3Br.; Ka1tyS3r. 276,1 48838 n. (ifc. f (A). MBh.) a bow S3a1n3khS3r.; Mn. &c 276,1 48839 n. a bow-shaped instrument L. 276,1 48840 n. a geometrical arc Su1ryas. 276,1 48841

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