Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

balātkāra बलात्कार – force; violent action

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

force; violent action

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

balātkāra ·m. (acting with) force or violence; °-- & instr. by force, violently.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

—Balāt-kāra, as, m. doing anything by force, acting with violence, using or employing force, application of force or violence, power exerted wrongfully, oppression; violence, ex- action; injustice; (in law) the detention of the person of a debtor by his creditor, and the violent measures taken by the latter to recover his debt; (eṇa), ind. by force, forcibly, violently.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

balātkāra balāt-kāra. See p. 675, col. 3.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

balātkāra (von balāt, ablat. von 1. bala, + 1. kar) m. gewaltsames Verfahren, Anwendung von Gewalt AK. 2,8,2,77. H. 804. ˚kāreṇa gewaltsam ŚĀK. 173. VET. in LA. 24,19. paulastyabalātkārakacagrahaiḥ RAGH. 10,48. ˚kārābhilāṣin KATHĀS. 20,123.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

balātkāra m. gewaltsames Verfahren, Anwendung von Gewalt. ˚kāreṇa und ˚kāra˚ gewaltsam, stark, heftig.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

balātkāraḥ 1 Using violence, employing force. 2 Outrage, violence, force, oppression, exaction; R. 10. 47; balātkāreṇa nirvartya &c. 3 Injustice. 4 (In law) Detention of the person of a debter by the creditor and the employment of forcible means to recover the debt.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

balātkāra m. Gewaltsamkeit; ˚— u. Instr. adv. gewaltsam, stark.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

balātkāra m. (kṛ) acte de violence. Détention pour dettes.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.94-3.102*1: Śakti Cālana 1 occurrence

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