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rūkṣa

rūkṣá mf(A)n. (prob. fr. √ rūṣ; cf. 2. rukṣa) rough, dry, arid, dreary, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.

emaciated, thin, [Suśr.]

rough to the taste, astringent, [MBh.]; [Suśr.]

not greasy or oily (as food or medicine), [Kathās.]; [Suśr.]

hard, harsh, unkind, cruel (as a person or speech), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

unpleasant, disagreeable, not soft (to the sight, smell &c.), [ib.]

dismal (as a house), [Pañcat.]

soiled, smeared, dirtied, [R.]; [Mudr.]

having the smell of an elephant in rut, [L.]

rūkṣá m. hardness, harshness, [L.]

the smell of the rut of an elephant, [L.]

a kind of grass (= varaka), [L.]

rūkṣá n. a good kind of iron, [L.]

the thick part of curds, [L.]

m. (prob. for Prākṛt rukkha = vṛkṣa) a tree, [L.]