Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. Vile, contemptible, bad. ṣkuḥ m. or f. 1 The fore-arm.
2 A cubit, span.
3 An instrument for measuring lengths.
kiṣku
Dictionary meanings for kiṣku from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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kiṣku
Normalized lookup: kisku
Source entry
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. ([ f. L. ]) the fore-arm R. v, 32, 11 284,3 50663 m. the handle (of an axe) Ta1n2d2yaBr. 284,3 50664 m. a kind of linear measure (= hasta, or kara = twenty-four thumbs' breadths = 1 / 400 of a Nalva nalva) MBh. &c 284,3 50665 m. g. pāraskarādi 284,3 50666