अलक (alaka) is a Sanskrit word meaning a curl or lock of hair, a mad dog, name of a people, an inhabitant of Alaka, Kubera's residence, a girl from eight to ten years of age, the capital of Kubera. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Curl or Lock of Hair, A People or Inhabitants, A Mad Dog.
अलक (alaka) [Printed book page 028-3] अलक (alaka) alaka, m.n. lock, curly hair; ā,f. N.of Kuberaʼs city; N.of a city in Niṣadha. [ID=2684]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A curl. 2. A mad dog. 3. Alaka, the capital of Kuvera. 4. A young girl from eight to ten years of age.
अल (ala)क (alaka) [Printed book page 072] अल (ala)क (alaka) mn. (-कः (-kaḥ)-कं (-kaḥ-kaṃ)) A curl. m. (-कः (-kaḥ)) A mad dog. See अल (ala)र्क (alarka). f. (-का (-kā))
1 Alakā, the capital of KUVERA.
2 A young girl from eight to ten years of age.
E. अल (ala) to adorn, &c. वुन् (vun) affix, and fem. टाप् (ṭāp).
[ID=3451]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A curl or a mad dog. 2. Kuvera's capital.
अलक (alaka) [Printed book page 056-b] अलक (alaka)(कः-कं) ((kaḥ-kaṃ)) 1. m. A curl; a mad dog. का (kā)f. Kuvera's capital. [ID=2897]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Hair or a curl. 2. Curls on the forehead. 3. Saffron applied to the body.
अलक (alaka) [Printed book page 068-24] अलक (alaka)m.n. 1. Hair, a curl, हस्ते लीलाकमलमलके बालकुन्दानुविद्धम् (haste līlākamalamalake bālakundānuviddham)Megh. ii.2, ( Mall. quotes in his comment on this Śloka. ‘स्वभाववक्राण्यलकानि तासाम् (svabhāvavakrāṇyalakāni tāsām)’ to show that अलक (alaka) is used in the neuter also), R. i.42, iv.54; 2. curls on the forehead; 3. saffron applied to the body. [ID=3544]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A curl. 2. A mad dog. 3. The capital of Kuvera. 4. A young girl from eight to ten years of age.
अल (ala)क (alaka) [Printed book page 060-a] अल (ala)क (alaka)
mn. (-कः (-kaḥ)-कं (-kaḥ-kaṃ)) A curl.
m. (-कः (-kaḥ)) A mad dog. See अल (ala)र्क (alarka)
f. (-का (-kā))
1. Alaka, the capital of KUVERA.
2. A young girl from eight to ten years of age.
E. अल (ala) to adorn, &c. वुन् (vun) affix, and fem. टाप् (ṭāp).
[ID=3449]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A curl. 2. The capital of Kuvera.
अलक (alaka) [Printed book page 0053-b] अलक (alaka)alaka.I.m. and n. A curl,
1. A curl or lock of hair.
2. A mad dog.
3. A girl from eight to ten years of age.
4. The capital of Kuvera.
अलक (alaka) [Printed book page 0085-c] अलक (alaka)alaka, as, am, m. n. (said to be fr. rt. al), a curl, lock; (as), m. a mad dog [cf. alarka]; (ā), f. a girl from eight to ten years of age; N. of the capital of Kuvera, situated on a peak of the Himālaya inhabited also by Śiva. —Alaka-tva, am, n. the state of a curl or tress. —Alaka-nandā, f. a young girl from eight to ten years old; N. of the Gaṅgā river; N. of a river that runs from the Himālaya moun- tains and falls into the Gaṅgā. —Alaka-prabhā, f. the capital of Kuvera. —Alaka-priya, as, m., N. of the plant Terminalia Tomentosa W. and A. —Alaka-saṃhati, is, f. rows of curls. —Alakā-dhipa (°kā-adh°), as, m. or alakādhipati (°kā-adh°), is, m. a N. of Kuvera. —Alakānta (°ka-an°),as, m. the end of a curl, a ringlet. —Alakeśvara(°kā-īś°), as, m. a N. of Kuvera. [ID=5982]
अलक (alaka) [Printed book page 1-114] Alaka — a Śrutaṛṣi. Br. II. 33. 4. [ID=897]
— The Purana Index
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Definitions on this page come from 10 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
