Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

aka अक – formative suffix -aka

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · suffix · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary suffix

formative suffix -aka

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

áka ·n. not-joy, i.e. sorrow, woe.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Aka, as, ā, am, moving tortuously; (am), n. pain, trouble, sin (also derived from a, not + ka, happiness).

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive neuter

aka (3. a + ka Freude) n. Schmerz; Sünde TRIK. 1,2,7. (akaṃ duḥkhamagham) H. an. 2,1. (duḥkhāghayoḥ) MED. k. 16 (pāpaduḥkhayoḥ).

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

aka NIR. 2,14. Vielleicht zend. aka zu vergleichen.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. aka m. das Suffix aka Chr. 238,6. Chr. 239,3. Chr. 239,4.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

1. áka n. — 1〉 (Nichtfreude), Leid, Schmerz TS. 5,3,7,1. — 2〉 *Sünde.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. aka 1〉 Unheil KĀŚĪKH. 24,17. [Nachtrag, Band 5]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. aka I. 5. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective

aka a. Moving tortuously.

Original text · English · substantive neuter

akaṃ [na kaṃ sukhaṃ] Absence of happiness; pain, misery; (as in nāka na akaṃ duḥkhaṃ yatra;) sin nāsti kaṃ sukhaṃ yasmāt.

Cappeller 1887 suffix

Original text · German · suffix

aka m. das Suffix aka (g)

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

aka aka n. péché, faute; peine, chagrin.

Derived words

  • nartaka नर्तक substantive masculine dancer
  • pañcaka पञ्चक substantive neuter group of five; pentad
  • prekṣaka प्रेक्षक adjective looking on; spectator
  • vācaka वाचक adjective designating; expressive

Occurrences in source texts (11)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 81–88: Moon, Fluid and Union 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

HP 3 occurrences
HP 3.1-3.5: Foundation of Kuṇḍalinī 1 occurrence

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HP 3.87-3.93*7: Sahajolī and Amarolī 1 occurrence

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HP 4.27*1-4.35: Rājayoga and Haṭha 1 occurrence

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PJH 1 occurrence
PJH 7-8: Tantric Cosmology and the Revelation of Divine Awareness 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

  • PJH 7 Segment 11

    Through: pañcaka Attested form: pañcaka Grammar of the segment: tatpuruṣa-compound genitive

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 1.27–29: Praṇava 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 1.93-1.99: Karmische Verkörperung 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.182-5.190: Sahasrāra-Mond 1 occurrence

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SS 2 occurrences
SS 3.9–3.11: The Self as Dancer 2 occurrences

Occurrences through derived words

  • SS 3.9 Segment 1

    Through: nartaka Attested form: nartakaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

  • SS 3.11 Segment 1

    Through: prekṣaka Attested form: prekṣakāṇi Grammar of the segment: nominative plural neuter

VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 32–35: Emptiness and Nāḍī 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

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