Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

takṣaka तक्षक – takṣaka

substantive masculine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

takṣaká ·m. cutter, carpenter; as pr. n. = prec.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Takṣaka, as, m. a cutter, one who cuts off, a wood-cutter, a carpenter; the divine architect or artist Viśva-karman; the Sūtra-dhāra or manager and chief actor in the prelude of a drama; one of the principal Nāgas or serpents of Pātāla; N. of a son of Prasena-jit and father of Bṛhad-bala; N. of a particular tree.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

takṣaka (wie eben) m. 1〉 Behauer, Abhauer; Holzhauer, Zimmermann AK. 3,4,1,4. H. an. 3,45. MED. k. 98. proparox. UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 2,32. vṛkṣatakṣakāḥ R. 2,80,2. Vgl. kāṣṭha˚. — 2〉 der Baumeister der Götter, Viśvakarman ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 der Sūtradhāra, der Sprecher des Prologs im Drama, SĀRAS._zu_AK. ŚKDR. — 4〉 oxyt. N. eines Schlangendämons (vgl. takṣa) AK. TRIK. 1,2,6. H. 1309. H. an. MED. tasyā̀stakṣa̱ko vaìśāle̱yo va̱tsa ā̀sīt AV. 8,10,29. ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 4,18. KAUŚ. 28. KAUŚ. 29. KAUŚ. 56. Ind. St. 1,35. MBH. 1,774. fg. MBH. 1,1550. MBH. 1,1704. fg. MBH. 1,1979. fgg. MBH. 1,2149. fgg. MBH. 1,2549. MBH. 1,3778. fg. MBH. 1,8236. MBH. 3,5032. fg. MBH. 5,3625. MBH. 6,4900. fg. MBH. 7,7873. fg. MBH. 8,4078. HARIV. 227. HARIV. 267. HARIV. 375. HARIV. 11233. HARIV. 12466. HARIV. 12821. R. 3,36,13. R. 5,78,9. R. 6,37,64. SUŚR. 2,275,21. RAGH. 16,88. HIT. II, 14. VP. 149. RĀJA-TAR. 4,216. BHĀG. P. 1,12,27. BHĀG. P. 1,18,2. BHĀG. P. 1,19,4. BHĀG. P. 4,18,22. BHĀG. P. 5,24,29. Lot. de la b. l. 3. — 5〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Prasenajit und Vaters des Bṛhadbala BHĀG. P. 9,12,8. — 6〉 ein best. Baum H. an.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

takṣaká m. — 1〉 Hauer, Abhauer in vṛkṣa˚. — 2〉 *Zimmermann. — 3〉 *Bein. Viśvakarmanʼs. — 4〉 *der Sūtradhāra, Sprecher des Prologs im Schauspiel. — 5〉 *ein best. Baum. — 6〉 N. pr. — a〉 eines Schlangendämons. — b〉 eines Sohnes — α〉 des Prasenajit. — β〉 des Bharata VP.² 3,319.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

takṣakaḥ [takṣ ṇvul] 1 A carpenter, wood-cutter (whether by caste or profession). 2 The chief actor in the prelude of a drama (i. e. the sūtradhāra). 3 N. of the architect of the gods. 4 N. of one of the principal ([Page 0525-b]) Nāgas or serpents of the Pātāla, son of Kaśyapa and Kadru; (saved at the intercession of the sage Āstīka from being burnt down in the serpent-sacrifice performed by king Janamejaya, in which many others of his race were burnt down to ashes).

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

takṣaká m. Hauer, Abhauer (—˚) N. eines Schlangendämons, Mannsn.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

takṣaka takṣaka m. (sfx. aka) charpentier; fabricateur. Le divin fabricant Twashtri. [Page281-2] Esp. d'arbre. Directeur d'une troupe dramatique.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.33-3.48*1: Khecarī and Soma 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

Continue with AYI Free

Image source: AYI archive.