ukṣan

Dictionary meanings for ukṣan from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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ukṣan

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. 1 Large.

2 Sprinkling. m. ( kṣā) [ukṣ-kanin Uṇ. 1. 156] 1 An ox or bull; Ku. 7. 70; (changed to ukṣa in some comp. mahokṣaḥ, vṛddhokṣaḥ, &c.).

2 An epithet of Soma; the Maruts; the sun and Agni.

3 One of the eight chief medicaments (ṛṣabhauṣadhi). Comp. anna a. one whose food is oxen (Ved.). taraḥ a small bull or ox; Śi. 12. 10; cf. vatsatara. vaśa a. dependent on a bull (yadi vaśāṃ na...

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