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ikṣvāku

ikṣvākú m. [[RV.]] and íkṣvāku [[AV.]]. N. of a man, [RV. x, 60, 7]; [AV. xix, 39, 9]

of a son of Manu Vaivasvata (father of Kukṣi and first king of the solar dynasty in Ayodhyā), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Bhag.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.]

a descendant of Ikṣvāku, [R.]; [Ragh.]

(some Buddhists as well as the Jainas derive their Cakravartins and many of their Arhats from Ikṣvāku)

(avas), N. of a warrior-tribe descended from Ikṣvāku, [VarBṛS.]

ikṣvākú f. (us) a bitter gourd

according to some, the Coloquintida (Citrillus Colocynthis), the fruit of a wild species of Lagenaria Vulgaris, [Suśr.]