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# Laghukoshasamgraha 3.231

Laghukośasaṃgraha 3.231

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231)

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karmaṇyā tu vidhā bhṛtyā bhāravāhastu bhārikaḥ |  
vārtāharo vaivadhiko hārayaṣṭarvibhāṅgikā ||  
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śikyaṃ villambi kācaśca pātheyaṃ śambalo'striyām |  
kāravaḥ śilpinaḥ sarve kulikāste kulottamāḥ ||

> 3-229  
> Karmaṇyā, vidhā, and bhṛtyā \[denote wages\]; a porter is bhāravāha and bhārika;  
> a messenger is vārtāhara, vaivadhika, and hārayaṣṭi is vibhāṅgikā;  
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> śikya, villambi, and kāca \[mean a loop/sling for carrying burdens\]; pātheya and śambala (not feminine) \[mean provisions for a journey\];  
> artisans are all called kāru and śilpin; the foremost among their guilds are kulika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p1)

saucikastunnavāyaḥ syātsūciḥ sūcā ca sīvanī |

> A tailor is saucika and tunnavāya; a needle is sūci, sūcā, and sīvanī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p2)

sūcisūtraṃ pippalakamotaṃ protamubhe triṣu ||

> needle-thread is pippalaka; ota and prota \[mean sewn through\], both in three genders.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p3)

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### [3.231.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p4)

sīvanaṃ sevanaṃ sūtī raṅgājīvastu citrakṛt |

> Sīvana, sevana, and sūtī \[mean sewing\]; a painter is raṅgājīva and citrakṛt;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p5)

likhitaṃ citramālekhyaṃ pustaṃ lekhyādikarmaṇi ||

> likhita, citra, and ālekhya \[mean a painting\]; pusta is used for the work of modeling or drawing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p6)

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### [3.231.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p7)

dhātulepyamayī nārī sā syādañjalikārikā |

> A female figure made of metal or plaster is añjalikārikā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p8)

pāñcālikādi vastrādiputrikā śālabhañjyapi ||

> a doll of cloth and the like is pāñcālikā, putrikā, and also śālabhañjī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p9)

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### [3.231.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p10)

āryā vṛddhā tu sā devī yā syādgomayaputrikā |

> Āryā and vṛddhā \[mean\] the goddess who is represented as a figurine of cow dung;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p11)

palagaṅgo lepakāraḥ kalpāṇiḥ samalekhanī ||

> palagaṅga is a plasterer (lepakāra); kalpāṇi is a trowel (samalekhanī).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p12)

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### [3.231.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p13)

sudhā vilepā ghaṭikā vālukā ghaṭikārasaḥ |

> Sudhā and vilepā \[mean plaster/white wash\]; ghaṭikā, vālukā, and ghaṭikārasa \[relate to the water-clock/sand\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p14)

saṃvāhako'ṅgamardaḥ syādatha dehasya rakṣake ||

> saṃvāhaka and aṅgamarda \[mean a masseur\]; now, for a protector of the body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p15)

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### [3.231.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p16)

ārakṣakaḥ kaṅkaṭī ca śastramārjo'sidhāvakaḥ |

> ārakṣaka and kaṅkaṭin \[are terms\]; a weapon-polisher is śastramārja and asidhāvaka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p17)

maṇikāro vaighaṭikaḥ śaulbikastāmrakuṭṭakaḥ ||

> a jeweler is maṇikāra and vaighaṭika; a coppersmith is śaulbika and tāmrakuṭṭaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p18)

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### [3.231.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p19)

nāḍiṃdhamaḥ svarṇakāraḥ kalādo doṣṭhikaḥ samaḥ |

> A goldsmith is nāḍiṃdhama, svarṇakāra, kalāda, and doṣṭhika are synonyms;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p20)

karmakaḥ syādayaskāro vokāro lohakārakaḥ ||

> karmaka, ayaskāra, vokāra, and lohakāraka denote a blacksmith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p21)

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### [3.231.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p22)

śāṅkhikaḥ syātkāmbiviko bhasrā carmaprasevikaḥ |

> A conch-worker is a śāṅkhika or kāmbivika; a bellows is bhasrā or carmaprasevikā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p23)

dhṛtiḥ śrutiścopadhmāntaḥ prasevo --danāyudhaḥ ||

> dhṛti, śruti, and upadhmānta; a leather bag is praseva \[…\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p24)

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### [3.231.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p25)

saṃdaṃśaḥ syātkandamukhaḥ kāṇā mūṣā bukā striyām |

> tongs are saṃdaṃśa or kandamukha; a crucible in the feminine is kāṇā, mūṣā, or bukā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p26)

vidhyate yena maṇyādirāvidho'sau nidho'pi ca ||

> that by which gems and the like are drilled is an āvidha or a nidha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p27)

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### [3.231.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p28)

āsphoṭanī vedhanikā bhramā kuṇḍalayantrakam |

> āsphoṭanī, vedhanikā, bhramā, and kuṇḍalayantraka \[are a drill\]; / a barber is caṇḍila, kṣuramardī, nāpita, or antāvasāyin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p29)

caṇḍilaḥ kṣuramardī syānnāpito'ntavasāyyapi ||

> Caṇḍila, kṣuramardin, nāpita, and antāvasāyin \[mean a barber\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p30)

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### [3.231.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p31)

kṣuro'sya vapanaṃ śastraṃ kartikā kartanītyapi |

> his razor is kṣura, vapanaśastra, kartikā, or kartanī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p32)

śalyaskandinī dhāryā tvakṣṇākṣūrnakhakṛntanam |.

> a nail-cutter is śalyaskandinī, dhāryā, tvakṣṇā, akṣūḥ, or nakhakṛntana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p33)

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### [3.231.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p34)

kumbhakāraḥ kulālaḥ syāccakrī bhārgava ityapi |

> a potter is kumbhakāra, kulāla, cakrin, or bhārgava;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p35)

āpākaḥ puṭapāṇaḥ syātpacanaṃ pākamaṇḍalam ||

> a potter's kiln is āpāka, puṭapāṇa, pacana, or pākamaṇḍala;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p36)

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### [3.231.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p37)

dhūsaraścākrikastailī piṇyākastilakastilī |

> an oilman is dhūsara, cākrika, tailī, piṇyāka, tilaka, or tilī; / a cowherd is ābhīra, mahāśūdra, gopā, gosaṃkhya, goduh,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p38)

ābhīrastu mahāśūdro gopā gosaṃkhyagoduhau ||

> An ābhīra is a mahāśūdra; gopā, gosaṃkhya, and goduh \[mean a cowherd\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p39)

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### [3.231.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p40)

gopālo vallavaścātha vatsīyastriṣu tatsthite |

> gopāla, or vallava; then, for one who stays among them, vatsīya is used in three genders; / a goatherd is jāpāla, ajājīva, lambana, or kṣapālaka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p41)

jāpālaḥ syādajājīvo lambanastu kṣapālakaḥ ||

> A jāpāla is one living by goats; a lambana is a night watchman;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p42)

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### [3.231.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p43)

atha syāddaṇḍiko daṇḍaḥ kāṇo'pi lakuṭolakuḥ |

> now, a stick is daṇḍika, daṇḍa, kāṇa, lakuṭa, or laku; / a halter or rope is sandāna, dāmanī, dāmā, rajju, valinī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p44)

sandānaṃ dāmanī dāmā rajjuḥ syādvalinīti ca ||

> Sandāna, dāmanī, dāman, rajju, and valinī \[mean a rope or tether\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p45)

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### [3.231.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p46)

guṇo varāṭo rajjuḥ strī nanā śulbā vaṭī trayam |

> guṇa, or varāṭa; rope in the feminine is nanā, śulbā, and vaṭī—these three; / a knot is granthi or bandha; a cattle pen is vraja, goṣṭha, or goṣṭhīna, while purāvraja \[is an ancient fold\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p47)

granthirbandho vrajo goṣṭhaṃ goṣṭhīnaṃ tu purāvrajaḥ ||

> Granthi and bandha \[mean a knot/binding\]; vraja and goṣṭha \[mean a cowpen\]; goṣṭhīna denotes a former cowpen;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p48)

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### [3.231.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p49)

manthānaṃ manthanaṃ manthā manthyā manthanikāpi ca |

> a churning-stick is manthāna, manthana, manthā, manthyā, manthanikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p50)

vaiśākho'pyasya daṇḍe tu vaiśākhakaviśākhakau ||

> and vaiśākha; for its staff, however, \[the terms are\] vaiśākhaka and viśākhaka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p51)

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### [3.231.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p52)

kuṭhāro madaviṣkambho manthapātraṃ tu gargarī |

> kuṭhāra, madaviṣkambha; and a churning vessel is gargarī, / kalaśa, kalaśī, pārikumbhī, and kumbhikā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p53)

kalaśaḥ kalaśī cāpi pārikumbhī ca kumbhikā ||

> Kalaśa, kalaśī, pārikumbhī, and kumbhikā \[mean a water jar\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p54)

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### [3.231.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p55)

ghoṣa ābhīrapallī syātpakkaṇo'ruyantajātayaḥ |

> a settlement of cowherds is ghoṣa, ābhīrapallī; a settlement of outcasts is pakkaṇa; / a florist is mālākāra, mālyajīvin, mālika, or pratihārika;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p56)

mālākāro mālyajīvī mālikaḥ pratihārikaḥ ||

> Mālākāra, mālyajīvin, mālika, and pratihārika \[mean a garland-maker / florist\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p57)

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### [3.231.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p58)

jāyājīvastu śailaṣaḥ śailālī bharato naṭaḥ |

> one who lives by his wife \[an actor\] is śailaṣa, śailālī, bharata, or naṭa; / one who dances on poles, ropes, and swords is a pūraka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p59)

yo yaṣṭirajjukhaḍgeṣu pranṛtyati sa pūrakaḥ ||

> One who dances upon poles, ropes, or swords is a pūraka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p60)

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### [3.231.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p61)

karāṃstu tālaṃ kṛtvā ye nṛttaṃ gānaṃ ca kurvate |

> those who dance and sing by clapping their hands as rhythm / are called tālavacanas by those learned in the scriptural treatises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p62)

te tālavacanāḥ proktā iti śāstraviśāradaiḥ ||

> They are said to denote rhythmic performers (tālavacana) by those learned in scriptural treatises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p63)

iti nāmamālikāyāmahirājenaiva saṃgṛhītāyāṃ

> Thus in the Nāmamālikā compiled by Ahirāja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p64)

bhūmyādināmadheyaprakaraṇamidamakhilasukavimatam |

> this chapter on names of earth and the like, approved by all good poets, \[is complete\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.231.p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa.3.231.p65)

bhojanighaṇṭuśca samāptaḥ

> And the Bhojanighaṇṭu is concluded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.laghukosa~en-mt.3.231) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntakaumudī (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.prakriya.siddhantakaumudi*alt.21.51.p441) — Sanskrit
- [Vaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.vaijayanti.19.6) — Yādavaprakāśa, Sanskrit
- [Kośakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.kosakalpataru.38.16) — Viśvanātha, Sanskrit

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