Dictionary meanings for mecaka from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [cf. Uṇ. 5. 37] Black, dark-blue, dark-coloured kurvanna jana- mecakā iva diśo meghaḥ samuttiṣṭhate Mk. 5. 23; U. 6. 25; Me. 59. kaḥ 1 Blackness, the dark blue-colour.
2 An eye of a peacock's tail; Māl. 6. 5.
3 A cloud.
4 Smoke.
5 A nipple.
6 A kind of gem. kaṃ 1 Darkness.
2 Sulphuret of anti- mony. Comp. āpagā an epithet of the Yamunā.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (A) n. dark-blue, black MBh.; Ka1v. &c (in alg. applied to the 15th unknown quantity Col.) 832,2 167730 m. dark-blue colour, blackness L. 832,2 167731 m. the eye of a peacock's tail Ma1lati1m. 832,2 167732 m. a kind of gem L. 832,2 167733
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