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śakāra

śa—kāra m. (for 2. See p. 1045) the letter or sound śa, [Prāt.]

m. (for 1. See under 1. śa) a descendant of the Śakas, a Śaka, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 130]

a king's brother-in-law through one of his inferior wives (esp. in the drama represented as a foolish, frivolous, proud, low, and cruel man, such as is Saṃsthānaka in the Mṛcchakaṭikā, he speaks the dialect of the Śakas i.e. Śākārī, which employs the sibilant ś, exclusively ; hence Śakāra accord. to some, is for, ‘Śa-kāra’, one who uses the letter Śa), [Bhar.]; [Daś.]; [Sāh.] &c.

1. 2. See under 1. śa and 3. śaka.