Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vālukā वालुका – sand

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vālukā vālukā, f. (more commonly written bālukā, q. v.), sand, gravel; (ī), f. a species of cucumber.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vālukā f. (gew. pl.) Sand AK. 3,4,14,76. H. 1089. H. an. 3,75. H. an. 3,98. MED. k. 130. fg. HALĀY. 3,48. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 2,10. M. 8,250. MBH. 3,10723. MBH. 3,13530. vālukāsviva mudritam Spr. 677 (II). 4787. SUŚR. 1,171,21. ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 3,2,14. SĀH. D. 64,11. PAÑCAT. 205,8. DAŚAK. 91,16. vālukārṇava Sandmeer, Sandwüste MBH. 17,48. RĀJA-TAR. 4,289. RĀJA-TAR. 4,294. vālukāmbudhi dass. RĀJA-TAR. 172. Am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā) R. 1,2,7. R. 2,55,31. R. 5,16,35. HARIV. 9005. fg. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 54,83. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 54,91. Scheinbar N. einer Hölle MBH. 13,5491, wo aber mit der ed. Bomb. ghoravālukaṃ zu lesen ist. — Vgl. karambha˚ unter karambha 1〉a〉 (MBH. 18,50 liest. die ed. Bomb. ˚vālukāstaptāḥ), taptabāluka, brahmavāluka, rakta˚, sthūlavālukā.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

vālukā , ciraṃ jīvanti niḥsnehāḥ pṛthivyāṃ vālukādayaḥ Spr. (II) 2296.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vālukā f. Sg. und Pl. (gewöhnlich) Sand RĀJAN. 13,139. — MBH. 13,5491 scheinbar eine best. Hölle; es ist aber ghoravālukaṃ zu lesen.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vālukā 1 Sand, gravel; akṛtajñaspopakṛtaṃ vālakāsviva mūtritam. 2 Powder. 3 Camphor in general. — kā, — kī A kind of cucumber. Comp. — ātmikā sugar.

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 2.10: The Sheltered Place 1 occurrence

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