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śakaṭa

n. (rarely m. of doubtful derivation) a cart, waggon, car, carriage, [Nir.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] &c.

(with prājāpatyam, or rohiṇyāḥ cf. rohiṇī-ś°) the five stars forming the asterism Rohiṇī compared to a cart, [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.

(only) a partic. configuration of stars and planets (when all the planets are in the 1st and 7th house), [VarBṛS.]

m. n. a form of military array resembling a wedge, [Mn. vii, 187]

m. Dalbergia Ougeinensis, [L.]

Arum Colocasia, [L.]

an implement for preparing grain, [MW.]

w.r. for śākaṭa, q.v.

N. of a man, g., naḍādi

of a demon slain by the child Kṛṣṇa, [Śiś.]

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