Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

maśaka मशक – mosquito; gnat

substantive masculine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

mosquito; gnat

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

maśáka ·m. biting insect, gnat, fly.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Maśaka, as, m. (incorrectly spelt masaka), a gnat, musquito, any fly that bites or stings [cf. mak- ṣika]; a particular skin disease (causing dark bean- like pustules or eruptions); a leather water-bag; N. of a preceptor with the patronymic Gārgya (the composer of a Kalpa-sūtra); N. of the district in Śāka-dvīpa inhabited by Kṣatriyas.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

maśáka (hier und da fälschlich masaka) m. 1〉 Stechfliege, Mücke TRIK. 2,5,36. H. an. 3,79. MED. k. 135. AV. 4,36,9. a̱rbhasyà tṛprada̱ṃśinò ma̱śakàsyāra̱saṃ vi̱ṣam AV. 7,56,3. AV. 11,3,5. VS. 24,29. VS. 25,3. ŚAT. BR. 14,4,1,24. CHĀND. UP. 6,9,3. KAUŚ. 30. M. 1,40. M. 1,45. MBH. 7,4944. R. 2,25,16. R. 2,28,21. SUŚR. 1,67,5. SUŚR. 2,290,20. Spr. 1521. Spr. 1808. sarvaṃ khalasya caritaṃ maśakaḥ karoti Spr. 1884. tudantyāmatvacaṃ daṃśā maśakā matkuṇādayaḥ BHĀG. P. 3,31,27. maśakodumbarau (so die ed. Bomb.) vāpi saṃprayuktau yathā sadā . anyo'nyametau syātāṃ ca saṃprayogastathā tayoḥ .. MBH. 12,7104. MBH. 12,9022. maśakodumbare yadvadanyatvaṃ tadvadetayoḥ MBH. 12,11488. anyacca maśakaṃ vidyādanyaccodumbaraṃ tathā (so die ed. Bomb.) MBH. 12,11667. maśakodumbare (so die ed. Bomb.) caikyaṃ pṛthaktvamapi dṛśyate MBH. 14,1345. brahmāṇḍodumbarāntarmaśakavadapare jantavo jātanaṣṭāḥ Spr. 956. údumbaramaśakaḥ gaṇa pātresamitādi zu P. 2,1,48 und yuktārohyādi zu P. 6,2,81. — 2〉 eine best. Hautkrankheit: schwärzliche, einer Bohne (māṣa) ähnliche Knoten H. an. MED. SUŚR. 1,31,18. SUŚR. 1,90,13. SUŚR. 1,292,11. SUŚR. 1,296,4. SUŚR. 1,326,6. SUŚR. 2,120,9. ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,7,56. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 52,10. — 3〉 Schlauch Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 875,3 v. u. — 4〉 N. pr. eines Lehrers mit dem patron. Gārgya, Verfassers eines Kalpasūtra, LĀṬY. 7,9,14. ANUPADA 9,9. Ind. St. 4,373. Verz. d. B. H. No. 297. Verz. d. B. H. No. 324. WEBER, Lit. 73. — COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 298. — 5〉 pl. N. pr. des von Kṣatriya bewohnten Gebietes in Śākadvīpa (vgl. magasa) MBH. 6,436. fg. — Vgl. hasti˚, māśakīya.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

maśáka m. — 1〉 Stechfliege, Mücke. — 2〉 eine best. Hautkrankheit; schwärzliche, einer Bohne ähnliche Knoten. — 3〉 Schlauch. — 4〉 N. pr. — a〉 Pl. des von Kṣatriya bewohnten Gebietes in Śākadvīpa. — b〉 eines Lehrers.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

maśakaḥ [maś-vun] 1 A mosquito, gnat; sarvaṃ khalasya caritaṃ maśakaḥ karoti H. 1. 81; Ms. 1. 85. 2 A particular disease of the skin. 3 A leather water-bag. 4 N. of a district in Śākadvīpa inhabited by Kṣatriyas. Comp. — kuṭiḥ -ṭī f., — varaṇaṃ a whisk for scaring away mosquitos. — harī a mosquito-curtain.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

maśáka m. Stechfliege, Mücke.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

maśaka maśaka m. (sfx. aka) moucheron, moustique. Outre à mettre de l'eau éruption pustuleuse de la peau, cloche, ampoule. maśakin m. ficus glomerata, bot. maśachada m. andropogon serratum. maśaharī f. (hṛ) moustiquaire.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 54–59: The Yogi’s Hut 1 occurrence

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GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 29–33: Four Forms of Breath Retention 1 occurrence

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