Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

karṣaka कर्षक – ploughman; labourer

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

ploughman; labourer

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

karṣaka ·a. tearing, vexing (--°); ploughing, cultivating; m. cultivator, husbandman.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Karṣaka, as, ā, am, a cultivator of the soil, one who ploughs or lives by tillage; a husbandman; who or what draws or drags, attractive, what attracts.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

karṣaka (von karṣ) 1〉 adj. subst. das Feld bebauend, Ackerbauer AK. 2,9,6. AK. 3,4,28,217. H. 890. H. an. 3,28. YĀJÑ. 2,265. MBH. 2,212. fg. MBH. 3,332. MBH. 3,340. fg. MBH. 3,1248. fg. MBH. 13,1595. R. 2,74,20. R. 2,112,12. R. 6,109,60. kālaprāptamupāsīta śasyānāmiva karṣakaḥ MBH. 3,15385. — 2〉 n. MBH. 3,10080 Fehler für karṣaṇa, wie MBH. 3,10082 steht.

Original text · German · adjective

karṣaka 1〉 adj. palvala˚ pflügend, bebauend HARIV. 11145. m. Ackerbauer VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,29. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,34. ˚jana dass. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 72. — 2〉 karṣaṇāni ed. Bomb.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

karṣaka — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 am Ende eines Comp. hinundher zerrend, peinigend, quälend AGNI-P. 7,13. — b〉 pflügend, bebauend; m. Ackerbauer GAUT. 4. — 2〉 n. MBH. 3,10080 fehlerhaft für karṣaṇa.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

karṣaka a. [kṛṣ-ṇvul] Who or what draws, attracts &c. — kaḥ A cultivator, husbandman; Y. 2. 265.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

karṣaka (—˚) zerrend, peinigend; pflügend, bebauend; m. der Ackerbauer.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

karṣaka karṣaka m. (kṛṣ) laboureur.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

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

Direct occurrences

HTK 2 occurrences
HTK 10.24–25*2: Karṣaka and Sahaja 2 occurrences

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