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śāka

śā́ka m. (fr. √ śak) power, might, help, aid, [RV.]

śāká m. helpful, a helper, friend, [ib.]

n. (or m. g. ardharcādi; of doubtful derivation, and scarcely to be connected with 1. ) a potherb, vegetable, greens, [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

any vegetable food, [Gaut.]

m. the Teak tree, Tectona Grandis, [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.

Acacia Sirissa, [L.]

N. of a Dvīpa (the sixth of the seven Dvīpas, called after the Teak tree growing there, surrounded by the sea of milk or white sea, and inhabited by the Ṛta-vratas, Satya-vratas, Dāna-vratas, and Anu-vratas), [MBh.]; [Pur.]

m. or n. (?) N. of a place, [Col.]

m. N. of a man g. kuñjādi.

mfn. (fr. śaka) relating to the Śakas or Indo-scythians

m. n. (scil. saṃvatsara, abda &c.) the Śaka era (also śāka-kāla; see śakak°), [VarBṛS.], Sch.

m. (also) a general N. for any era

(pl.) N. of a people (w.r. for śaka), [Buddh.]