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śulkaशुल्कśulká m. n. (ifc. f A.) price, value, purchase-money, [RV.]
the prize of a contest, [MBh.]
toll, tax, duty, customs (esp. money levied at ferries, passes, and roads), [Gaut.]; [Āpast.]; [Mn.] &c.
nuptial gift (orig. a price given to parents for the purchase of a bride, but in later times bestowed on the wife as her own property together with the profits of household labour, domestic utensils, ornaments &c.), dower, dowry, marriage settlement, [Gaut.]; [Viṣṇ.]; [Mn.] &c. (cf. [IW. 267])
wages of prostitution, [Kathās.]; [MārkP.]
w.r. for śukra and śukla, [MBh.]
śulkadaशुल्कदśulka—da m. the giver of a nuptial present, an affianced suitor, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]
śulkatvaशुल्कत्वśulka—tva n. the being a nuptial gift or dowry (cf. above), [Dhāyabh.]
śulkaśālāशुल्कशालाśulka—śālā f. a custom-house, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 75], Sch., (cf. śaulkaśālika).
śulkahāniशुल्कहानिśulka—hāni f. loss or forfeiture of wages or dower &c., [W.]
śulkasthānaशुल्कस्थानśulka—sthāna n. a toll-house, tax-office, custom house, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]
any object of taxation or duty, [W.]
śulkagrāhinशुल्कग्राहिन्śulka—grāhaka or śulka—grāhin, mfn. receiving a toll or duty, [ib.]
śulkamoṣaṇaशुल्कमोषणśulka—moṣaṇa n. stealing or defrauding the revenue, [Kull.] on [Mn. viii, 400.]
śulkasaṃjñaशुल्कसंज्ञśulka—saṃjña mfn. having (merely) the name of a nuptial gratuity, [MW.]
śulkakhaṇḍanaशुल्कखण्डनśulka—khaṇḍana n. defrauding the revenue, [MW.]
śulkagrāhakaशुल्कग्राहकśulka—grāhaka or śulka—grāhin, mfn. receiving a toll or duty, [ib.]